On January 15th, the UHC was honored to host Dr. Julia Lynch, a Professor of Political Science at the University of Pennsylvania and Co-Director of the Lauder Institute at Penn’s Wharton School of ...

Objectives To characterise psychological distress during the COVID-19 pandemic among collegiate athletes and assess whether racial and ethnic differences in psychological distress are attenuated when ...

The Violence Recovery Program offers a national model for trauma care that advances health equity while addressing the ...

Health and Human Rights, Vol. 25, No. 1, SPECIAL SECTION Global Voices for Global Justice: Expanding Right to Health Frameworks (JUNE 2023), pp. 23-38 (16 pages) Given the persistence of health ...

Residential segregation and neighborhood-level socioeconomic inequality are central dimensions of social stratification and structural determinants of health. These factors determine exposure to ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. – Few health care professionals would argue with the fact that vast differences exist in access to and outcomes of the care their patients receive, but the reasons why health disparities ...

Obesity is an epidemic in the United States. It has been increasing among adults of all races and ethnicities over the last two decades; however, obesity is higher among Non-Hispanic Black adults, ...

Two groups of people living in nearby zip codes in Atlanta have drastically different health outcomes and projected life spans: residents of predominantly white, high-income neighborhoods have an ...

The US is the world leader in imprisoning immigrants. Its mass immigration detention system emerged as an extension of mass incarceration, rooted in a legacy of racist US immigration and criminal laws ...

This funding, which marks the second round of Health Equity Fund investments, will support 14 DC-area organizations. WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, the Greater Washington Community Foundation ...