Databyte Archives

07.09.2019 a graph of a cost per patient

The Cost of Insulin

As total out-of-pocket spending on insulin has quadrupled from 2007 to 2017, lawmakers and industry leaders are put under pressure to control the prices.

Fellow Julia Garcia

07.03.2019 a graph of the number of states

Education to Reduce Teen Baby Bumps

Understanding the factors that influence teen reproductive health is essential as evidence grows in the "safe sex" vs. "abstinence only" education debate.

Fellow Jori Fortson

07.01.2019 a graph of the number of people with their health concerns

Teenagers Peer at Their Problems

Socioeconomic status can affect teenagers’ perceptions of their peers’ experiences with life problems, further driving health inequities.

Fellow Greg Kantor

06.21.2019 a diagram of different colored lines

Pollute Less, Suffer More

Communities of color experience pollution inequities as Whites experience less exposure than Black and Hispanic people to the air pollution they create.

Fellow Jori Fortson

06.18.2019 a graph of a number of students

Health Equity
Child and Adolescent Health

Do Test Scores Really Matter?

Test scores for students have increased in the past two decades in Massachusetts, yet the disparity between racial and socioeconomic groups still persists.

Fellow Oluwatobi Alliyu

06.12.2019 a graph of a number of people

Practice What We Preach

A 2019 study shows that public health schools’ maternity leave policies are too often not in keeping with their proclaimed values.

Fellow Jori Fortson

06.06.2019 a graph of abortions decline

Declining Abortion Rates in a Sexual Revolution

Abortion rates in the United States are falling. One explanation can be that high schoolers are having less sex than their predecessors did 40 years ago.

Fellow Greg Kantor

06.03.2019 a chart of jails

Who's in US Jails?

In the United States, a person can be held in jail awaiting trial for days, weeks, months, or years because they cannot afford to pay bail bond.

Fellow Jori Fortson

05.16.2019 a group of graphs with text

Police-Related Deaths and Neighborhood Polarization

Police violence was lowest in privileged neighborhoods and highest with largest concentrations of low-income residents and residents of color.

Fellow Jori Fortson

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