Research Archives

03.30.2020 a path with flowers and trees in front of a mountain

Mapping Environmental Justice

Environmental justice mapping is one way to identify and work with communities most impacted by environmental health disparities.

Guest Authors Edmund Seto, Esther Min

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Maternal Mistreatment

Understanding women’s lived experiences during and after pregnancy is essential to optimize birth outcomes and reduce maternal mortality in women of color.

Fellow Oluwatobi Alliyu

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Visualizing Climate Change

The goal of the vulnerability mapping is to help public health agencies and communities understand the interactions between climate, people, and health.

Guest Author Michael Schmeltz

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Scripts After School Shootings

School shootings in America have become something of a new norm, yet little is known about how survivors cope over the following months and years.

Fellow Edward Alexander

03.20.2020 a row of solar panels in a snowy field

Paying Your Climate Debt

Climate change is now considered one of the leading threats to public health worldwide. So, how will you choose to pay your climate debt?

Guest Authors Marisol De Ornelas, Samantha Schildroth

03.18.2020 a gun with a knot on a statue

Wrong-to-Carry Laws

States passed right-to-carry laws under the expectation that they would decrease crimes. Evidence now contradicts the basic premise of right-to-carry laws.

Fellow Greg Kantor

03.12.2020 a map with a group of black and white pins

Health Equity

Immigration Integration

Welcoming cities often include within their plans a component of actions and indicators related to public health and health equity.

Guest Authors Paul McDaniel, Darlene Xiomara Rodriguez

03.10.2020 a half of an avocado with a seed in it

Double Down on Double up

In 2009, Michigan began the Double Up Food Bucks program, expanding options for SNAP beneficiaries to spend on fruits and vegetables.

Fellow Greg Kantor

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Compassion Fade

To counteract compassion fade, a change in emotional response, it’s important to reflect and be deliberate about our response to human suffering.

Fellow Julia Garcia

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