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U.S. protections for constitutional rights falling behind global peers

January 14, 2020 sarah Jonas 0 Comments Affordable Care Act (ACA), Canada, Civil Right, Colombia, Discrimination, Equal Rights Amendment, Equality, Equality and human rights, European Union, Gender, Gender Equality, Gender Identity, Germany, Health, health access, Law, law and social policy, Mexico, Public Health, Race And Ethnicity, Religion, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, South Africa, Spain, U.S. Constitution, U.S. Supreme Court, United Kingdom, United Nations, United States

New research from the WORLD Policy Analysis Center at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health (WORLD) shows that the United States is falling behind its global peers when it comes to guarantees for key constitutional rights. Researchers identified key gaps in the U.S. including guarantees of the right to health, gender equality, and rights for persons with disabilities.

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Black workers’ status in a company informs perceptions of workplace racial discrimination

January 13, 2020 sarah Jonas 0 Comments Discrimination, Healthcare, Workplace

“Research shows that black individuals encounter an enormous amount of racial discrimination in the workplace, including exclusion from critical social networks, wage disparities and hiring disadvantages,” said Harvey Wingfield, co-author of the study “Getting In, Getting Hired, Getting Sideways Looks: Organizational Hierarchy and Perceptions of Racial Discrimination,” published Jan.

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Study highlights how American universities may help bridge social divide between international, domestic students

January 8, 2020 sarah Jonas 0 Comments Discrimination, Identity, Self-esteem

Self-esteem is a valuable resource for undergraduate international students trying to socialize with their domestic counterparts at American universities, but new research by a University at Buffalo psychologist suggests that while self-esteem predicts better socialization with domestic students, it is curiously unrelated to how international students socialize with other internationals.

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Single discrimination events alter college students’ daily behavior

November 4, 2019 sarah Jonas 0 Comments Discrimination, Sleep

UW researchers aimed to understand both the prevalence of discrimination events and how these events affect college students in their daily lives. Over the course of two academic quarters, the team compared students’ self-reports of unfair treatment to passively tracked changes in daily activities, such as hours slept, steps taken or time spent on the phone.

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Central Valley workplaces can be hostile for minority doctors

October 23, 2019 sarah Jonas 0 Comments Discrimination, MEDICAL EDUCATION

Despite the dire need for primary health care providers in California’s Central Valley, workplace discrimination and harassment can cause some of them to change practices or leave the region entirely.

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From Hate Speech to Hate Crimes

October 2, 2019 sarah Jonas 0 Comments Discrimination, France, Gun Violence, Internet, mass shootings, Psychology, Social Media, Sociology, Technology, Violence

UNLV sociologist researches how interacting in online white supremacist networks can convert hateful words into real violence.

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Fathers May Protect Their LGB Kids from Health Effects of Discrimination

September 18, 2019 sarah Jonas 0 Comments Discrimination, Parenting, Parents

Lesbian, gay, and bisexual individuals who report being discriminated against but who feel close to their fathers have lower levels of C-reactive protein —a measure of inflammation and cardiovascular risk—than those without support from their fathers, finds a new study from researchers at NYU College of Global Public Health.