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February 2013
A panel of experts will discuss the potential impact of the sequestration program cuts on communities of color at a Thursday morning event hosted by the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies.
The event will take place on Thursday, February 28, 2013 from 8:30 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. at the Joint Center, located at 805 Fifteenth Street, NW, in Washington, DC. The package of automatic across...
November 2012
The Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies will release a report, Place Matters for Health in Baltimore: Ensuring Equitable Opportunities for Good Health.
The report documents a 30-year difference in life expectancy across census tracts in the city. Census tracts with a high proportion of people of color, the report finds, disproportionately suffer from a lack of...
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February 2013
Dr. Brian Smedley delivers the keynote address at the 34th Annual Minority Health Conference at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
News
February 2013
Deborah Lewis is a licensed social worker serving court-referred elderly clients in the Washington, D.C. metro area. Her work takes her to two hospitals, each in different zip codes in the city. She recently sat in the outpatient waiting area in the two different hospitals within a 48-hour period.
She was shocked and dismayed by the stark contrasts in the "health" of the populations...
December 2012
The Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies today released a report documenting how neighborhood social and economic conditions in Baltimore powerfully shape racial and ethnic health inequities in the city.
The report, Place Matters for Health in Baltimore: Ensuring Opportunities for Good Health for All, finds that residents’ place of residence is an important indicator of their...
December 2012
Researchers from the Virginia Commonwealth University Center on Human Needs have released the last three studies of an eight-part collaborative project with the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies Health Policy Institute and the Virginia Network for Geospatial Health Research.
These studies assessed population health inequities and related social and economic conditions in urban...
November 2012
Why do some people get sicker and die sooner than others? The answer involves more than our genes, behaviors and medical care, according to a new study by the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies and the advocacy group Equity Inc. It turns out that where we live is often the strongest predictor of our well-being, and that disparities along racial and class lines in health outcomes and...
November 2012
The place where 3-year-old Antoine Graves grows into adulthood is likely to determine whether he lives to be very old or dies young, according to a new study.
According to a new report entitled Place Matters for Health in Baltimore: Ensuring Opportunities for Good Health for All, which contains research on health inequities in the city, researchers have concluded, yet again, that health...
November 2012
U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD) today joined U.S. Congressman Elijah Cummings and members of The Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies at a press conference about the Center’s report detailing health inequities among different Baltimore communities. The report documented a nearly 30-year difference in life expectancy between minority, low-income neighborhoods and...
November 2012
Another study is adding to growing evidence that the condition of a neighborhood can have a significant impact on its residents' health.
The latest by the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies and Equity Matters Inc. found that people living in Baltimore's lower-income neighborhoods had worse health outcomes than those in its more affluent areas.
Life expectancy varied by...
Archived Research
December 1, 2004
Men of color face many challenges in achieving and maintaining good health. Their social circumstances and cultural norms, as well as the larger society’s discriminatory treatment of them, often engender in these men unhealthful responses. When social circumstances include poverty, limited education, and scarce employment opportunities, the impact on health can be especially harmful. This brief...
July 1, 2002
This literature review and analysis of issues related to economics, HIV/AIDS, and governance, follows a similar review conducted in 2000. In the review it was noted that many gaps existed in the literature, and that there was a generally poor understanding of crucial issues that inform impact, policy and response. It is certainly a positive sign that in the development of an updated bibliography...
February 1, 2002
Summary: Information is limited about the knowledge, attitudes, expectations, and intentions of African American teens with respect to their reproductive health. For example, a relationship between contraceptive knowledge and contraceptive behavior remains in question. However, receiving sex education before (rather than after) teens become sexually active is known to be more effective.
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