Health
HIV/STD intervention program for African American MSM
African American men-who-have-sex-with men (MSM) are disproportionately affected by the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Young African-American MSM accounted for the highest number of new HIV infection among all gay men in 2010. To address this disparity,…
New IPCC Climate Change Report Reasserts Disparate Impacts on Marginalized Communities
In an interview with Between the lines, Interim Director of the Joint Center’s Energy and Environment Program, Dr. Michael Dorsey, discusses the latest IPCC climate change report and the disparate impacts of climate change…
Are you really healthy? Disparity in self-rated and physical health
What can be said of perceptions around being healthy in the African American community? A new studypublished in the journal Ethnicity & Disease showed a discrepancy between self-rated health and physical health in the…
EVENT: Arkansas Minority Health Summit- April 18th
Host: Arkansas Minority Health Commission Location: 900 W. Daisy L. Gatson Bates Dr, Little Rock, AR 72202 Date: Friday, April 18, 2014 Time: 8:00 AM- 5:00 PM Join public health leaders…
More Americans Get Covered in States Embracing ACA
According to the Gallup poll released yesterday, the uninsured rate is dropping faster in states that have fully embraced the Affordable Care Act. The uninsured rate among adults 18 years and…
SAVE THE DATE! Minority Health Twitter Chat April 23 @ 1PM ET
REACH Minority National Organizations Twitter Chat As part of National Minority Health Month, the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies will host a Twitter chat on Wednesday, April 23, at 1:00pm EST…
Stressful environments have genetic implications for African American boys
A study conducted at Princeton University has shown there is a link between the social environment and health. African American boys who grow up in disadvantaged communities are more likely to…
W.K. Kellogg’s New Racial Equity Resource Guide
The W.K. Kellogg Foundation has created a comprehensive and interactive Racial Equity Resource Guide that includes hundreds of practical resources including articles, organizations, research, books, media strategies and training curricula aimed at helping organizations…
Joint Center Partners with C&NN to Address Racial Inequities in Access to Green Space
The Joint Center today announced the formation of a strategic partnership with the Joint Center’s Place Matters Initiative and The Children & Nature Network (C&NN), to improve the health outcomes for all communities by…
Toolkit for Community Action to End Health Disparities
The National Partnership for Action To End Health Disparities was developed with the mission of mobilizing and connecting individuals and organizations across the country to create a nation in which all people…