Research Archives

05.16.2024

Health Equity

Primary Care Deserts and Their Risks

Despite efforts to recruit physicians to areas that lack adequate health services, many primary care deserts still exist across the country, preventing patients from receiving timely care.

Fellow Heather Sherr

05.15.2024

Automobility: The High Cost of Convenience

Despite the problems associated with cars and driving, including increased air pollution and traffic accidents, both individuals and cities continue to prioritize cars over public health.

Fellow Lia Musumeci

05.08.2024

Financial Scams, Elders, and the Internet

Elderly individuals are often targets of financial scams on the internet, and with no legal protections in place, the consequences of these scams can take a mental and physical toll.

Fellow Lia Musumeci

05.02.2024

Confronting the Challenges of Breastfeeding with a Disability

Mothers with disabilities were less likely to receive information about breastfeeding from their providers and were less likely to breastfeed their infants in the first few months postpartum than mothers without disabilities.

Fellow Dani Weissert

05.01.2024

Health Insurance and Infant Mortality in the U.S.

Privately insured infants had better health outcomes and a lower risk of death in their first year of life than infants insured by Medicaid.

Guest Authors Colm Travers, Desalyn Johnson

04.24.2024 Pouring hot tea into white ceramic tea cup sitting on a saucer

Tea Time

For many, drinking tea is a sworn-by wellness method, but the realities of tea may have a darker side, with little transparency about sourcing and a shortage of reliable information about what is actually in your cup.

Fellow Lia Musumeci

04.23.2024 Overhead view of First Avenue in New York City

Disparities in Community-Based Naloxone Distribution in New York City

While overdose prevention programs in New York City distributed nearly 80,000 naloxone kits in a single year, some areas of the city face barriers to getting the life saving drug into the hands of people who need it most.

Guest Authors Shayla Nolen, Brandon Marshall

04.22.2024 young girl pointing at unhealthy food products at the grocery store

Kids See Food, They Eat It

Food and drink advertising for children is largely unregulated, resulting in companies promoting unhealthy products and targeting low-income children.

Fellow Heather Sherr

04.17.2024 heap of menstrual products

Bleeding for Change: Menstrual Inequities in Carceral Settings

Access to sanitary menstrual products is an ongoing challenge for incarcerated women, impacting their mental and physical health and well-being.

Fellow Dani Weissert

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