Health Disparities, Neighborhood Poverty, and Racial Composition
Members of the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health review a study on the effect of segregation, including neighborhood racial composition and concentration of poverty, on health. This…
Achieving Health Equity Through Social Equality: A Call to Political Action
Representative Donna Christensen (D-VI) explores the connection between health equity and social equity and how policy can help end health disparities. This presentation was given as part of the 2011…
The Implications of Medicaid for Low-Income Communities
Recent efforts to sharply cut back funding and support for Medicaid go beyond Washington politics — they threaten the health of millions of Americans. For the past 45 years, Medicaid…
The ‘Secret’ Epidemic: Disparities in Hepatitis C Incidence, Treatment, and Outcomes
On May 3, 2010, the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies convened the Disparities in Hepatitis C Incidence, Treatment, and Outcomes Roundtable Discussion in Chicago, IL, with the goal…
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010: Advancing Health Equity for Racially and Ethnically Diverse Populations
Racial/ethnic disparities in health and health care in the United States are persistent and well documented. Communities of color fare far worse than their white counterparts across a range of…
Commission on Paternal Involvement in Pregnancy Outcomes (CPIPO) Presents: Best and Promising Practices for Improving Research, Policy and Practice on Paternal Involvement in Pregnancy Outcomes
The Commission on Paternal Involvement in Pregnancy Outcomes, which is convened by Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies and the Joint Center Health Policy Institute, issued policy, research and…
Following the Money: Tracking Federal AIDS Appropriations to Address Disparities in HIV and AIDS Treatments in the United States
The Joint Center’s Health Policy Institute recently released a report entitled “Following the Money: Tracking Federal AIDS Appropriations to Address Disparities in HIV and AIDS Treatment in the United States,”…
Reproductive Health of African American Adolescents: Pregnancy and Childbirth
FACT SHEETS ON THE REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH OF AFRICAN AMERICAN ADOLESCENTS Summary: Both pregnancy and childbirth rates declined dramatically for African American females during the 1990s. Despite these declines, they remain…
Race, Ethnicity & Healthcare Reform: Achieving Equity in Our Lifetime
This issue brief identifies, analyzes, and compares provisions that explicitly address the health and healthcare needs of racial and ethnic minorities within the two leading Congressional healthcare reform proposals: The…
Health Information Technology: A Tool for Health Equity and System Transformation
In these unprecedented times of promise and peril, there is now a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to transform health and health care in the United States. Read our report, Health Information Technology:…