Research Archives

08.26.2020 a group of raised fists

Health Equity

Labor Unions and Our Health

If unions indeed protect against deaths of despair across diverse communities, understanding how they do so remains an important question.

Fellow Edward Alexander

08.24.2020 a broken cigarette with brown tobacco

Smoking While Pregnant

From a public health perspective, reducing neighborhood tobacco store density may curb smoking during pregnancy.

Guest Author Panagis Galiatsatos

07.28.2020 a map of the united states

Health at Home

Congress has supported measures to encourage home health agencies to work in rural areas since the 1980s by using rural add-on payments.

Fellow Gray Babbs

07.22.2020 a pie with a flag on it

Health Equity

The Arab American Dream?

Immigrants to the US tend to be healthier than their children and grandchildren. Arab Americans may be an exception to the pattern.

Fellow Gray Babbs

07.20.2020 a group of water bottles

In the Water

Children from low-income communities are vulnerable to the effects of not receiving adequate fluoride and are at higher risk of developing cavities.

Fellow Gray Babbs

07.16.2020 a red and black checkered floor

Health Equity

Reopening Restaurants

The Covid-19 pandemic has amplified the adverse conditions inherent to restaurant work and elevated health risks faced by workers.

Guest Author Julia Lippert

07.15.2020 two women holding hands and standing together

Who's Checking In?

Gay and bisexual teens of color living in red states and in the South face additional barriers, namely that their providers avoid discussing sexual health.

Fellow Gray Babbs

07.13.2020 a map of the state of new jersey

New Housing in New Jersey

Greater investments in Medicaid-supported housing could lead to large reductions of spending on expensive and avoidable hospital services.

Fellow Pat Williams

07.10.2020 water droplets on a window

Humidity and Your Health

Managing humidity could be one of many strategies to manage the risk of Covid-19 infection in concert with those identified by the CDC.

Guest Authors Javad Razjouyan, Brian Gilligan

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