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Mass shootings compound loss felt by marginalized groups
After mass shootings, the loss felt by marginalized groups already facing discrimination is compounded
Source: ABC News
30 Dec 2022
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Yale Internal Medicine Faculty Partner with Formerly Incarcerated Leaders to Obtain R01
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a disproportionate impact on many people in underserved communities, including those who are incarcerated or work in our nation’s prison systems. Infections across this community have been five times higher than in the general U.S. population. Surrounding communities have also been disproportionately affected.
19 Dec 2022
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National Heat Vulnerability Index Reveals Neighborhoods at High Vulnerability to Heat
A team of researchers at the Yale School of Public Health has developed a metric to gauge heat vulnerability at the census-tract level and created a color-coded interactive map for public use.
19 Dec 2022
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Black Women Excluded from Critical Studies Due to ‘Weathering’
Researchers theorize Black women age earlier and faster as a result of being "weathered" by a lifetime of racial discrimination and race-based stressors. As a result, many Black women are excluded from clinical research studies after reaching age-based milestones earlier.
1 Dec 2022
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Daylight Saving Time sheds light on lack of sleep’s disproportionate impact in communities of color
Short sleep duration has been associated with higher risk of adverse medical events, according to Dr. César Caraballo-Cordovez.
Source: CNN
25 Nov 2022
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‘Mass incarceration is one of the greatest health challenges of our time’: MacArthur ‘genius’ Emily Wang on building solutions
‘Mass incarceration is one of the greatest health challenges of our time’: MacArthur ‘genius’ Emily Wang on building solutions
Source: STAT
23 Nov 2022
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Racial and ethnic disparities loom large in barriers to timely medical care
Researchers find Black and Latino adults face higher barriers to timely medical care compared to White adults.
Source: HealthLeaders
11 Nov 2022
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Study Finds Americans Experienced Increased Barriers to Health Care Over the Past 20 Years
A Yale study found that despite growing investments in health care over the past 20 years, barriers to timely medical care are increasing, as are racial and ethnic disparities in access to health care.
1 Nov 2022
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Perceived discrimination increased the risk of worse health outcomes after a heart attack
An analysis of more than 2,600 heart attack survivors, ages 55 years and younger, found that nearly 35% of them reported perceived discrimination in their everyday lives.
Source: American Heart Association News
1 Nov 2022
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The Wrong People Are Using Wearables, Study Suggests
Many of the people who would benefit the most from wearables do not use them.
Source: Forbes
31 Oct 2022
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Anti-obesity Medication’s Steep Price Tag Adds to Public Health Disparities
Millions of U.S. adults who are overweight or obese are unable to afford the latest treatment in obesity medicine, a study by the Yale School of Medicine has found.
31 Oct 2022
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Centering health equity within COVID-19 contact tracing in Connecticut
Recruiting a community-based workforce that reflects the cultural and language traditions of the targeted populations can help to increase community engagement, build trust, and improve reach within state contact tracing programs.
Source: JPHMP Direct
14 Oct 2022
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Journalist and social justice advocate Steven Thrasher addresses “viral underclass” in Poynter Lecture
Steven Thrasher, the inaugural Daniel H. Renberg Chair of social justice in reporting and an assistant professor of journalism at Northwestern University, delivered the Poynter Lecture Sept. 28 at the Yale School of Medicine. The lecture was sponsored by the Yale Schools of Public Health and medicine, and several other campus organizations.
13 Oct 2022
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Walmart Launches Healthcare Research Institute As Provider Footprint Grows
Walmart is launching a healthcare research arm to address health equity and access for medically underserved populations.
Source: Forbes
11 Oct 2022
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Yale Partners With the Urban League and Others to Address Gun Violence in New Haven
The Yale Schools of Medicine and Public Health and the Urban League of Southern Connecticut are teaming up with more than a dozen nonprofit organizations and local government agencies to see if an infusion of community programs and interventions in New Haven can mitigate systemic racism and reduce gun violence in the city.
10 Oct 2022
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Building Momentum: WHRY's Undergraduate Fellows Advance Women's Health
Women’s Health Research at Yale mentors undergraduate students as well as graduate students and rising junior faculty members to ensure that the next generation of scientists and medical providers fully account for the health needs of women and sex-and-gender differences affecting health. Here are a few examples of what our former undergraduate fellows are up to now.
26 Sep 2022
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Study Reveals Persistent Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Prevalence of Multiple Chronic Conditions
A Yale study found persistent racial and ethnic disparities in multimorbidity, which is defined as the presence of two or more concurrent chronic health conditions, in the United States over a 20-year period.
23 Sep 2022
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YSPH study: Hotel housing improves well-being of individuals experiencing homelessness
A new YSPH study, published in the journal Housing Policy Debate, concludes that using hotels for temporarily housing homeless individuals had a positive impact on their lives - something that could have implications for future ways of addressing homelessness in general.
15 Sep 2022
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Yale researchers call for strategies to eliminate inequities in access to peripheral artery disease care among adults who share a Hispanic background
Adults who share a Hispanic background and who get hospitalized for symptoms of peripheral artery disease (PAD) are more likely to only receive care at later stages of their disease, and get their treatment through the emergency department instead of early stage disease care, elective care as compared with non-Hispanic white patients.
14 Sep 2022
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How monkeypox spoiled gay men's plans for an invincible summer
Queer men across the U.S. talked to NBC News about the dates they never went on, the sex they never had and the gatherings they avoided due to the viral outbreak.
Source: NBC News
2 Sep 2022