Research Archives

02.07.2023 a blue light on top of a car

Health Equity

When Emergency Rooms Turn Blue

While many study participants described professional interactions with police in emergency room settings, others noted concerns about officers interrupting care and breaching patient privacy rights.

Fellow Hannah Tremont

02.02.2023 a family sitting on a couch reading a book

Data on Indoor Environmental Hazards Is Missing in National Data Collection Systems

Using their recently developed Housing and Environmental Quality Index, researchers found that 79% of U.S. households had at least one environmental risk factor in their home.

Guest Authors MyDzung T. Chu, Ami Zota, Gary Adamkiewicz

02.01.2023 a woman with a backpack in the woods

Democratizing Nature Exposure for Better Health

What factors determine how we engage with nature? Childhood experiences, available time, and environmental settings may all be at play.

Guest Author Linda Powers Tomasso

01.30.2023 a person driving a car

Health Equity

Going the Distance

Low-income individuals are more likely to travel across greater distances to access care at their nearest health care facilities.

Guest Author Serena Jingchuan Guo

01.18.2023 a person standing in front of arrows

DACA's Impact on Birth Outcomes

The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program was associated with improvements in birthweight-related outcomes in the years following the policy’s implementation in 2012.