Two groups of people living in nearby zip codes in Atlanta have drastically different health outcomes and projected life spans: residents of predominantly white, high-income neighborhoods have an ...

A global report published by the World Health Organization (WHO) highlights that the underlying causes of ill health often stem from factors beyond the health sector, such as lack of quality housing, ...

A new report from the World Health Organization reveals that the biggest threats to global health are what happens outside of a hospital. The World Report on Social Determinants of Health Equity, ...

Social determinants of health are major drivers of the inequities seen in health outcomes, and racism is clearly a social determinant tied to life expectancy, said Karol Watson, MD, PhD, in talk ...

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK – Those who need or just want to know how their communities stand in terms of social inequities and health plus resources available to help can now find a U.S-wide “dashboard” ...

FARGO — The average life expectancy of someone born in North Dakota has plunged from 79 to 77 over the past two years, a decrease driven by COVID-19 and “deaths of despair.” Despite the recent drop in ...

In this study, we used longitudinal consumer data to examine changes in contextual determinants of health experienced by people living in neighborhoods undergoing gentrification. We focused on key ...

For a century, Americans have seen yearly increases in life expectancy at birth; such that we have taken it for granted that every generation will live longer than the ones before. Yet, as the latest ...

Last month, a new research study published by a University of Wisconsin assistant professor in the La Follette School of Public Affairs Héctor Pifarreé i Arolas concluded that the average life ...

A new report reveals Black men in Philadelphia have the lowest life expectancy. On Thursday, the Philadelphia Department of Public Health released its updated Health of the City report and found that ...