Aggressive Policing, Health, And Health Equity
Aggressive policing (or aggressive order maintenance policing) is prevalent throughout the US, negatively affecting the health of those exposed to it. More
Black Lives Are Shorter in Chicago. My Family’s History Shows Why.
How did a Promised Land to generations of Black families become a community of lost lives? More
Imagine if Black Doctors COVID-19 Consortium helped solve Philly’s other major health crises | Opinion
The city has learned the importance of trusting and partnering with Black and brown medical pros. More
‘Food Pharmacies’ In Clinics: When The Diagnosis Is Chronic Hunger
There’s a new question that anti-hunger advocates want doctors and nurses to ask patients: Do you have enough food? Public health officials say the answer often is “not really.” So clinics and hospitals have begun stocking their own food pantries in recent years. One of the latest additions is Connectus Health, a federally qualified health clinic in Nashville, Tenn. This month, part of LaShika Taylor’s office transformed into a community cupboard. More
They Bring Medical Care To The Homeless And Build Relationships To Save Lives
"Street medicine" programs, like one in Atlanta, seek out people living in back alleys and under highways. The public health outreach improves patients' health and is cost-effective, hospitals find. More
America’s Largest Health Insurer Is Giving Apartments to Homeless People
A radical fix for the U.S. health-care crisis. More
Rebuilding the social safety net is in everyone’s interest
When healthcare systems and not-for-profit social service providers step up to provide food, housing and transportation assistance to needy patients, they often discover government cutbacks undermine their efforts. The U.S. spends less than other advanced industrial nations on social services—about 4% of gross domestic product. The average among other rich countries is around 10%.
‘Every day I go outside, I feel like I’m going to get killed’: How Chicagoans exposed to violence end up isolated, lonely and with chronic health problems
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The Impact of Rhode Island’s Multipayer Patient-centered Medical Home Program on Utilization and Cost of Care
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Shortchanged: Why British Life Expectancy Has Stalled
For the first time in modern history, Britons in some areas are living shorter lives, with poor lifestyles, depression and budget cuts the leading causes.