Discrimination Archives

01.09.2023 a small wooden house with a stethoscope

Health Equity

Color Coding Breast Cancer Outcomes

Women living in yellow or red areas on the HOLC's redlining maps experienced poorer health outcomes than those living in green or blue areas.

Fellow Hannah Tremont

12.08.2022 Reyma McCoy Hyten

Reyma McCoy Hyten

Reyma McCoy Hyten has a two-decade career in the service and support of people with disabilities. She became the first Black woman to serve as the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Commissioner for the Administration on Disabilities. Currently, she works privately, devoting her full attention and time to identifying and confronting the root causes of oppression, and how systems create marginalization.

Fellow Connor McCombs

12.01.2022 Hands holding red ribbon

Know Your Status

Focus group participants reported stigmatizing behavior about being tested for HIV, and among health care providers when seeking HIV testing.

Fellow Connor McCombs

10.04.2022 rainbow profiles

The Cost of Conversion Therapy

Adverse outcomes of conversion therapy extend beyond psychological, physical and social; it's also costly financially.

Fellow Connor McCombs

09.27.2022 a group of graphs showing different health outcomes

Health Equity
Aging Populations

Consequences of Ageism

Adults ages 50 to 80 experienced ageism which affected their health, researchers found in a recent survey.

Fellow Hannah Tremont

09.07.2022 brain

Health Equity

Desegregation and Cognition

Researchers found that attending segregated schools could be associated with late-life cognitive decline for Black students.

Fellow Bethany Hallenborg

08.29.2022 a map of the united states

Segregation Reduces Black Students’ Life Expectancy

Segregated schooling is widespread among Black students in the U.S., and results in substantial loss of life.

Guest Author Robert Hahn

08.25.2022 a graph of different colored bars

Disability Disclosure

A study examined the consequences of disclosing a disability during a job interview.

Fellow Abby Outterson

07.08.2022 a collage of women with a yellow background

Marcella Alsan and Crystal Yang

Crystal Yang and Marcella Alsan are researching healthcare accreditation in correctional facilities.

Fellow Abby Outterson

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