Discrimination Archives

08.22.2018 Girl in Pink Hat in front of We the People banner at Women's March

Health Equity

Discrimination Adds Up

Research on discrimination over time and across types presents a more complex explanation of poor health. Women who perceived discrimination based on their race had poorer mental health outcomes.

Fellow Sampada Nandyala

07.26.2018 Two graphs showing total drug arrests and felony drug arrests before and after Proposition 47

Drug Arrests Before and After Prop 47

New research looked at total drug-related arrests, and differences due to race and ethnicity on drug-related arrests, before and after the passage of Proposition 47.

Fellow Chrissy Packtor

06.04.2018 Clicker with 2020

Health Equity

No MENA Category is a Mistake

The Census Bureau will not include a Middle East and North African (MENA) category in the 2020 US Census. The incorporation of a MENA category on the Census and medical and public health surveys would improve our understanding of Arab American health.

Guest Authors Nadia N. Abuelezam, Sandro Galea

09.01.2017 Graphic showing areas of discrimination against women worldwide

Enabling (or Constraining) Progress for Women

Progress for women’s development is slow. An initiative funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is working to more effectively address gender-based gaps.

Fellow Madeline Bishop

03.06.2017 Diagram of microaggressive speech

Dignity in Language for Population Health

Microaggressions are subtle, insidious, and often nearly constant in the experience of individuals belonging to marginalized identity groups.

Fellow Maggie Thomas

03.02.2017 a graph of a disease

Can the News Fuel Stigma Around Mental Illness?

News coverage of mental health in the last twenty years may have led the conversation in a misguided and discriminatory direction, emphasizing violence rather than treatment.

Fellow Madeline Bishop

01.04.2017 Ron Sims at the podium during a lecture at Boston University School of Public Health

Ron Sims: How Where You Live Affects Your Health

Sims sat down with PHP’s Jonathan Gang to discuss his career, the future of the ACA and the role that public health will play in fighting for people’s access to healthcare over the next four years.

Fellow Jonathan Gang

11.03.2016 Djamil Bangoura on a rooftop in Paris with Eiffel Tower in the distance

Djamil Bangoura

In part two of PHP's four-part series on LGBT health in Senegal, Nick interviews Djamil Bangoura, founder of Association Prudence, a LGBT health and human rights advocacy group based in Dakar.

Editor Nicholas Diamond

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