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- August 22, 2024Source: American Heart Association
$20M community-driven research funding aims to reduce inequities, improve health outcomes
- August 13, 2024Source: Medical Xpress
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Community Health, Health Equity and Social Justice
The Yale School of Public Health is committed to addressing health disparities as well as health conditions that result from structural inequality, racism and stigma. Our research includes:
- Understanding the underlying mechanisms and interplay between risk factors that drive health inequity
- Effects of racism and stigma on health
- Examining the intersection of race, gender, class, age, health and well-being, such as the role of affordable housing as a social determinant of health
- Ways that neighborhoods shape health through social networks and geographic settings
- Influence of social networks and financial capital on health
- Social and structural interventions to improve health inequities
- Developing evidence-based models to narrow health and health care inequalities, with a focus on racial and ethnic minority populations
- Effects of public policy on access to care
- Quality and efficiency in health care systems
- Disparities in cancer outcomes
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Focus: Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Belonging
Recent Publications
2024
- Impact of a community health worker led intervention for improved blood pressure control in urban Nepal: an open-label cluster randomised controlled trial.Bhattarai S, Skovlund E, Shrestha A, Mjølstad BP, Åsvold BO, Sen A. Lancet Reg Health Southeast Asia. 2024 Oct; 2024 Aug 8. PMID: 39220804.
- Recommendations to Address Barriers to Patient Portal Use Among Persons With Diabetes Seeking Care at Community Health Centers: Interview Study With Patients and Health Care Providers.Akyirem S, Wagner J, Chen HN, Lipson J, Minchala M, Cortez K, Whittemore R. JMIR Diabetes. 2024 Sep 16; 2024 Sep 16. PMID: 39284181.
- Applying a community-engaged participatory machine learning model.Asabor EN, Aneni K, Weerakoon S, Opara I. Am J Community Psychol. 2024 Sep 15; 2024 Sep 15. PMID: 39279135.
- Place of Birth and Cognitive Function Among Older Americans: Findings From the Harmonized Cognitive Assessment Protocol.Lin Z, Chen X. J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci. 2024 Sep 1. PMID: 39037282.
- Effects of a community-based, multi-level family planning intervention on theoretically grounded intermediate outcomes for couples in rural Uganda: Results from a mixed methods pilot evaluation.Sileo KM, Muhumuza C, Wanyenze RK, Kershaw TS, Ellerbe B, Muñoz S, Sekamatte S, Lule H, Kiene SM. Br J Health Psychol. 2024 Sep; 2024 Jan 19. PMID: 38242837.
- National age-specific mortality trends for cervical and breast cancers in urban-rural areas of China from 2009 to 2021: a population-based analysis.Li ML, Qi JL, Ma YQ, Shu W, Xiao HD, Wang LJ, Yin P, Guo HY, Vermund SH, Zhou MG, Hu YF. Mil Med Res. 2024 Aug 13; 2024 Aug 13. PMID: 39138529.
- Multilevel determinants of antiretroviral therapy initiation and retention in the test-and-treat era of Nepal: a qualitative study.Shrestha A, Poudel L, Shrestha S, Jha N, Kuikel BS, Shakya P, Kunwar RS, Pandey LR, Kc MB, Wilson EC, Deuba K. BMC Health Serv Res. 2024 Aug 13; 2024 Aug 13. PMID: 39138448.
- Excess Cardiovascular Mortality Among Black Americans 2000-2022.Arun AS, Sawano M, Lu Y, Warner F, Caraballo C, Khera R, Echols MR, Yancy CW, Krumholz HM. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2024 Aug 6; 2024 Jun 18. PMID: 38901531.
- Influence of Stigma on Engagement in HIV Care and Adherence to Antiretroviral Therapy in Specialized HIV Clinics Targeting Men Who Have Sex with Men and Transgender Women in Lima, Peru.Oliveros Gómez D, Machavariani E, Altice FL, Gálvez de León S, Earnshaw V, Montenegro-Idrogo JJ, Sánchez J, Seminario AL. AIDS Behav. 2024 Aug; 2024 Jun 15. PMID: 38878137.
- Early-Life Circumstances and Racial Disparities in Cognition Among Older Adults in the US.Lin Z, Ye J, Allore H, Gill TM, Chen X. JAMA Intern Med. 2024 Aug 1. PMID: 38805197.
- A Mixed Methods Exploration of Young Women's Agency and Mental Health during COVID-19 in Low-Income Communities in Mumbai, India.Brault MA, Peskin MF, Jones AN, Saikia A, Bhutia RO, Cheruvu SS, Jagtap VM, Singh R, Nair P, Vedanthan R, Vermund SH, Maitra S. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2024 Jul 31; 2024 Jul 31. PMID: 39200618.
- Lipoprotein(a) and Coronary Plaque in Asymptomatic Individuals: The Miami Heart Study at Baptist Health South Florida.Mszar R, Cainzos-Achirica M, Valero-Elizondo J, Lahan S, Al-Kindi SG, Quispe R, Ali SS, Arias L, Saxena A, Shah SH, Cury RC, Budoff MJ, Blaha MJ, Shapiro MD, Sharma G, Santos RD, Blankstein R, Feldman T, Fialkow J, Nasir K. Circ Cardiovasc Imaging. 2024 Jul; 2024 Jul 16. PMID: 39012945.
- Cost-Effectiveness of Community-Based Diet and Exercise for Patients with Knee Osteoarthritis and Obesity or Overweight.Kopp PT, Yang C, Yang H, Katz JN, Paltiel AD, Hunter DJ, Callahan LF, Mihalko SL, Newman JJ, DeVita P, Loeser RF, Miller GD, Messier SP, Losina E. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2024 Jul; 2024 Mar 22. PMID: 38450873.
- Sample Size Requirements to Test Subgroup-Specific Treatment Effects in Cluster-Randomized Trials.Wang X, Goldfeld KS, Taljaard M, Li F. Prev Sci. 2024 Jul; 2023 Oct 10. PMID: 37816835.
- "It's another gay disease": an intersectional qualitative approach contextualizing the lived experiences of young gay, bisexual, and other sexual minoritized men in the United States during the mpox outbreak.Takenaka BP, Kirklewski SJ, Griffith FJ, Gibbs JJ, Lauckner CK, Nicholson E, Tengatenga C, Hansen NB, Kershaw T. BMC Public Health. 2024 Jun 11; 2024 Jun 11. PMID: 38862933.
- Performance of contemporary cardiovascular risk stratification scores in Brazil: an evaluation in the ELSA-Brasil study.Pedroso Camargos A, Barreto S, Brant L, Ribeiro ALP, Dhingra LS, Aminorroaya A, Bittencourt M, Figueiredo RC, Khera R. Open Heart. 2024 Jun 11; 2024 Jun 11. PMID: 38862252.
- "The burden is upon your shoulders to feed and take care of your children, not religion or culture": qualitative evaluation of participatory community dialogues to promote family planning's holistic benefits and reshape community norms on family success in rural Uganda.Sileo KM, Muhumuza C, Tuhebwe D, Muñoz S, Wanyenze RK, Kershaw TS, Sekamatte S, Lule H, Kiene SM. Contracept Reprod Med. 2024 Jun 4; 2024 Jun 4. PMID: 38835058.
- Unveiling disparities: examining differential item functioning's impact on racial health equity among white and black populations.Villalonga-Olives E, Khademi A, Pan YY, Ransome Y. Public Health. 2024 Jun; 2024 Apr 17. PMID: 38636280.
- Using Artificial Intelligence to Predict Heart Failure Risk from Single-lead Electrocardiographic Signals: A Multinational Assessment.Dhingra LS, Aminorroaya A, Camargos AP, Khunte A, Sangha V, McIntyre D, Chow CK, Asselbergs FW, Brant LC, Barreto SM, Ribeiro ALP, Krumholz HM, Oikonomou EK, Khera R. medRxiv. 2024 May 27; 2024 May 27. PMID: 38854022.
- Characteristics of commercial determinants of health research on corporate activities: A scoping review.Burgess RC, Nyhan K, Dharia N, Freudenberg N, Ransome Y. PLoS One. 2024; 2024 Apr 26. PMID: 38669229.
- Prehospital use of point-of-care tests by community health workers: a scoping review.Ebbs D, Taricia M, Funaro MC, O'Daniel M, Cappello M. Front Public Health. 2024; 2024 Apr 24. PMID: 38721545.
- Disparities in Tuberculosis Incidence by Race and Ethnicity Among the U.S.-Born Population in the United States, 2011 to 2021 : An Analysis of National Disease Registry Data.Li Y, Regan M, Swartwood NA, Barham T, Beeler Asay GR, Cohen T, Hill AN, Horsburgh CR Jr, Khan A, Marks SM, Myles RL, Salomon JA, Self JL, Menzies NA. Ann Intern Med. 2024 Apr; 2024 Apr 2. PMID: 38560914.
- Role of Perceived Social Support in Adherence to Antihypertensives and Controlled Hypertension: Findings of a Community Survey from Urban Nepal.Bhattarai S, Wagle D, Shrestha A, Åsvold BO, Skovlund E, Sen A. Patient Prefer Adherence. 2024; 2024 Mar 26. PMID: 38558834.
- Applying Machine Learning Approach to Explore Childhood Circumstances and Self-Rated Health in Old Age - China and the US, 2020-2021.Huo S, Feng D, Gill TM, Chen X. China CDC Wkly. 2024 Mar 15. PMID: 38532746.
- Food and nutrition security definitions, constructs, frameworks, measurements, and applications: global lessons.Pérez-Escamilla R. Front Public Health. 2024; 2024 Mar 14. PMID: 38550323.
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Centers and other resources
- Cancer Action Prevention and Engagement (CAPE)CAPE offers support and resources for cancer-related inquiries, inviting those with experience or expertise as potential partners to join in aiding underserved groups in Connecticut.
- Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS (CIRA)CIRA provides HIV-related resources, skills, services, training, and professional networking opportunities to HIV researchers and practitioners who can contribute to advances in HIV prevention and treatment.
- Community Alliance for Research and Engagement (CARE)CARE promotes the prevention of chronic diseases by focusing on social, environmental, and behavioral risk factors.
- InnovateHealth Yale (IHY)IHY supports the creation of innovative solutions to challenges in public health and education for underserved communities in the United States and low-resource countries.
- The Substance Abuse and Sexual Health Lab (SASH)SASH lab focuses on conducting and disseminating strengths-based youth substance use and HIV prevention research.
- Yale-Griffin Prevention Research Center (PRC)The PRC works with community partners to develop and implement community-based approaches to prevent and control chronic diseases such as heart disease, diabetes, and cancer.