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UrduNew study from the Keck School of Medicine of USC reveals that Los Angeles County’s traffic patterns affect stroke care access; socioeconomically disadvantaged neighborhoods are most affected
Tag: POVERTY/WEALTH
Poverty associated with suicide risk in children and adolescents
Study provides a window into suicide prevention
Study finds economic assistance in Afghanistan largely failed to reduce support for the Taliban
A Dartmouth-led study finds that two common economic interventions in Afghanistan designed to improve economic livelihoods and win the “hearts of minds” of civilians was ineffective in reducing support for the Taliban in the long run. When civilians support the…
Who Receives Advanced Stroke Care? It May Depend on Traffic
New study from the Keck School of Medicine of USC reveals that Los Angeles County’s traffic patterns affect stroke care access; socioeconomically disadvantaged neighborhoods are most affected
Poverty associated with suicide risk in children and adolescents
Study provides a window into suicide prevention
Study finds economic assistance in Afghanistan largely failed to reduce support for the Taliban
A Dartmouth-led study finds that two common economic interventions in Afghanistan designed to improve economic livelihoods and win the “hearts of minds” of civilians was ineffective in reducing support for the Taliban in the long run. When civilians support the…
More youth suicide found in poor communities across US
Youth suicide risk increased by 37% in counties with 20% or more of the population living below the federal poverty level
More youth suicide found in poor communities across US
Youth suicide risk increased by 37% in counties with 20% or more of the population living below the federal poverty level
The Lancet Planetary Health: Discriminatory redlining practices in the 1930s associated with present-day rates of emergency department visits due to asthma
Current rates of emergency department visits due to asthma are around 2.4 times higher in areas that were redlined – deprioritised for mortgage investment- in the 1930s, than in areas rated as the least risky investments (63.5 versus 26.5 visits…
Inequality is bad for society, economic prosperity good
New cross-national study shows the influence of income inequality and affluence on the amount of health and social problems in rich countries
New research shows more people knowingly use fentanyl
Fentanyl use by people who use drugs has doubled since 2015, and two-thirds of people are aware they’ve taken it, finds new research out of British Columbia, the Canadian province that has experienced the highest number of illicit drug toxicity…
Racial discrimination in mortgage market persistent over last four decades
Discrimination in housing market sees decrease during same time period
Racial discrimination in mortgage market persistent over last four decades
Discrimination in housing market sees decrease during same time period
Violence and adversity in early life can alter the brain
But social supports can reduce the negative effects of childhood stress
IVI and Sweden renew partnership to accelerate vaccines for global public health
January 13, 2020 – SEOUL, South Korea – The International Vaccine Institute (IVI), a Seoul, Korea-based international organization, announced today that the Swedish International Cooperation Agency (Sida) will continue to support IVI’s mission to accelerate vaccine research and development for…
Historical housing disparities linked with dangerous climate impacts
Extreme heat kills more people in the United States than any other type of hazardous weather and will likely become even deadlier due to climate change. However, extreme heat does not affect all people equally. Surface temperatures in different neighborhoods…
IVI and Sweden renew partnership to accelerate vaccines for global public health
January 13, 2020 – SEOUL, South Korea – The International Vaccine Institute (IVI), a Seoul, Korea-based international organization, announced today that the Swedish International Cooperation Agency (Sida) will continue to support IVI’s mission to accelerate vaccine research and development for…
IVI and Sweden renew partnership to accelerate vaccines for global public health
January 13, 2020 – SEOUL, South Korea – The International Vaccine Institute (IVI), a Seoul, Korea-based international organization, announced today that the Swedish International Cooperation Agency (Sida) will continue to support IVI’s mission to accelerate vaccine research and development for…
Historical housing disparities linked with dangerous climate impacts
Extreme heat kills more people in the United States than any other type of hazardous weather and will likely become even deadlier due to climate change. However, extreme heat does not affect all people equally. Surface temperatures in different neighborhoods…
Historical housing disparities linked with dangerous climate impacts
Extreme heat kills more people in the United States than any other type of hazardous weather and will likely become even deadlier due to climate change. However, extreme heat does not affect all people equally. Surface temperatures in different neighborhoods…
It’s not about East and West, it’s about top and bottom
New study shows the influence of income and education on everyday experiences of social appreciation and disrespect in Germany
Overdose rates higher & opioid addiction care scarcer, in Medicaid work requirement states
Getting addiction diagnosis or treatment could make the difference between keeping and losing health care coverage for people with substance use disorder in 17 states
Overdose rates higher & opioid addiction care scarcer, in Medicaid work requirement states
Getting addiction diagnosis or treatment could make the difference between keeping and losing health care coverage for people with substance use disorder in 17 states
Many in LA jails could be diverted into mental health treatment
Study highlights diversion as an alternative to incarceration
Health care paperwork cost US $812 billion in 2017, 4 times more per capita than Canada
Study links rise in bureaucracy — now 34.2% of health spending — to surging overhead of private insurers; cutting US administrative costs to Canadian levels would have saved more than $600 billion in 2017
Health care paperwork cost US $812 billion in 2017, 4 times more per capita than Canada
Study links rise in bureaucracy — now 34.2% of health spending — to surging overhead of private insurers; cutting US administrative costs to Canadian levels would have saved more than $600 billion in 2017
Reducing mouse allergens may improve lung growth in asthmatic children
Cutting allergen exposure could lead to healthier childhoods
Reducing mouse allergens may improve lung growth in asthmatic children
Cutting allergen exposure could lead to healthier childhoods
Deprivation strongly linked to hospital admissions
Effect strongest among manual workers and individuals with low educational attainment
Deprivation strongly linked to hospital admissions
Effect strongest among manual workers and individuals with low educational attainment
Cancer Prevention and Control Research Network produces supplemental issue of Preventive Medicine
Issue highlights highlighting disparities in cancer prevention and control
Cancer Prevention and Control Research Network produces supplemental issue of Preventive Medicine
Issue highlights highlighting disparities in cancer prevention and control
More than 1 in 3 low- and middle-income countries face both extremes of malnutrition
Being undernourished or overweight are no longer separate public health issues
Grant project aims to improve food security for remote indigenous populations in Australia
URBANA, Ill. – An international research team has received a $1.4 million grant from the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council to investigate food availability and food security among indigenous mothers and children in remote Australian communities. Australia is…
Grant project aims to improve food security for remote indigenous populations in Australia
URBANA, Ill. – An international research team has received a $1.4 million grant from the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council to investigate food availability and food security among indigenous mothers and children in remote Australian communities. Australia is…
US Feed the Future program reduces stunting of children in Africa, Stanford study finds
Feed the Future, the U.S. government’s global hunger and food security initiative, has prevented 2.2 million children from experiencing malnutrition in sub-Saharan Africa, researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have found. The researchers, led by Tess Ryckman, a…
US Feed the Future program reduces stunting of children in Africa, Stanford study finds
Feed the Future, the U.S. government’s global hunger and food security initiative, has prevented 2.2 million children from experiencing malnutrition in sub-Saharan Africa, researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have found. The researchers, led by Tess Ryckman, a…
nTIDE Nov 2019: Rise in jobs sparks rise in optimism for people with disabilities
Kessler Foundation and University of New Hampshire November 2019 nTIDE Report — featuring New York City’s model employment initiative NYC: ATWORK that connects jobseekers with disabilities with competitive jobs in high growth industries
As China rapidly adopts clean energy, use of traditional stoves persists
Moving towards a more sustainable energy future in poor communities will require a clearer understanding of people’s motivations
As China rapidly adopts clean energy, use of traditional stoves persists
Moving towards a more sustainable energy future in poor communities will require a clearer understanding of people’s motivations
American Cancer Society and Flatiron Health launch real-world data impact award
Grant seeks to support patient-centric research through funding and access to real-world oncology dataset
American Cancer Society and Flatiron Health launch real-world data impact award
Grant seeks to support patient-centric research through funding and access to real-world oncology dataset
One in two homeless people may have experienced a head injury in their lifetime
Almost one in four may have experienced a head injury that is moderate or severe
New index maps relationships between poverty and accessibility in Brazil
Researchers from the School of Engineering in Trinity College Dublin have developed a new spatial index that measures the connections between poverty and poor accessibility. The research, recently published in the Journal of Transport Geography , builds on previous work…
New index maps relationships between poverty and accessibility in Brazil
Researchers from the School of Engineering in Trinity College Dublin have developed a new spatial index that measures the connections between poverty and poor accessibility. The research, recently published in the Journal of Transport Geography , builds on previous work…
A new world map rates food sustainability for countries across the globe
A global food system sustainability study builds the first map of its kind to score the sustainability of food systems, country-by-country. The study goes beyond usual questions of productivity and nutrition, and includes economic and social variables
A new world map rates food sustainability for countries across the globe
A global food system sustainability study builds the first map of its kind to score the sustainability of food systems, country-by-country. The study goes beyond usual questions of productivity and nutrition, and includes economic and social variables
Income inequality fuels status anxiety and sexualisation, research shows
Women’s appearance enhancement is driven partly by status anxiety and income inequality, according to new research
Income inequality fuels status anxiety and sexualisation, research shows
Women’s appearance enhancement is driven partly by status anxiety and income inequality, according to new research
Working, yet poor
Goethe University is a participant in a project receiving 3.2 million Horizon 2020 grant