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Engaging the Community in New Approaches to Healthy Housing
October 1, 2022...
The Black Progress Index: Examining the Social Factors that influence Black well-being
September 28, 2022By Andre M. Perry and Jonathan Rothwell, BROOKINGS "The Black Progress Index identifies and measures the social conditions that predict long and healthy lives for Black Americans." (Read...
Public Health Experts on Health Equity and the Lessons of the COVID-19 Pandemic
September 26, 2022By Washington Post Live, https://www.washingtonpost.com/ "The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted and exacerbated the country's economic, racial, and health disparities. California's Health and Human Services Secretary Mark Ghaly and Harvard T. H. Chan...
NCHE Mourns the Passing of David Harrington
September 21, 2022Today, NCHE grieves the loss of our dear friend and colleague, David C. Harrington. David co-led NCHE's Prince Georges County Place Matters Team in their efforts to achieve health and life opportunities for people of color. He was a true public...
Flooding Broke Open Jackson’s Water Crisis, but It Can’t Be Disentangled From Race, Experts Say
September 7, 2022By Nada Hassanein, USA TODAY Recent flooding in Jackson, Mississippi, exacerbated the city's already failing water system. Experts say it's a familiar threat in disinvested communities of color. (Read...
Marginalized Communities Impacted by Rising Inflation in Connecticut
August 17, 2022Fox61, www.fox61.com Author: Raquel Harrington (Fox61) Findings stated that 58% of Black and Native American families reported not having enough emergency savings to cover at least one month of their expenses. (Read...
The most vulnerable people in America bear the brunt of high inflation.
August 17, 2022PBS NewsHour, Video "While inflation eased slightly last month, it continues to remain high and new data shows it's having an outsized, negative impact on Native American, Black and Latino families in particular, according to a poll out this week...
Poll: High U.S. Inflation Rates Are Having a More Serious Impact on Black, Latino, and Native American Households than White Households
August 17, 2022Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Article In an NPR/Robert Wood Johnson Foundation/Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health survey, people of color are significantly more likely than Whites to report they are currently experiencing serious financial...
#EquityandData Newsletter Summer 2022 Issue Has Been Released!
August 11, 2022The #EquityandData Newsletter is now available! The newsletter was developed to raise awareness of work related to the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's National Commission to Transform Public Health Data Systems. There are relevant news articles,...
National Commission to Transform Public Health Data Systems Newsletter
July 2, 2022...