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Quarterly Topic
Quarterly Opinion
April 2024 Daniel Dawes, Anthony Iton,
The Supreme Court’s June 29, 2023, ruling that affirmative action in the admissions processes at Harvard College and the University of North… More
March 2024 Lindsay Admon, Erica Marsh, Kayte Spector-Bagdady,
ar from keeping courts away from social controversy as promised, the Dobbs decision – and the individual state power to dictate circumstances under which patients can access myriad types of reproductive health care it unleashed – pose implications that remain unpredictable, inequitable, and heart-wrenching for patients and providers alike. More
Quarterly Article
March 2024 Tracy Lam-Hine, Sarah Forthal, Candice Y. Johnson, Helen B. Chin,
Racial inequities in health and well-being began in the United States with colonization and slavery and have persisted as direct consequences of… More
January 2024 Michal Shimonovich, Mhairi Campbell, Rachel M. Thomson, Philip Broadbent, Valerie Wells, Daniel Kopasker, Gerry McCartney, Hilary Thomson, Anna Pearce, S. Vittal Katikireddi,
Context: Whether income inequality has a direct effect on health or is only associated because of the effect of individual income has long been… More
December 2023 John Lowe,
Including Native American perspectives in discussions of health equity is essential to gaining a comprehensive understanding of health. As the… More
November 2023 Margaret McConnell, Sumit Agarwal, Erika Hanson, Erin McCrady, Margaret G. Parker, Kira Bona,
This article discusses the interplay between health and economic vulnerability during pregnancy and childhood, how these overlapping challenges are addressed by current policies, and the rationale for cash transfers provided in health care settings. More
October 2023 Kellia J. Hansmann, Na'amah Razon,
Transportation is one of these core social determinants and yet the understanding of transportation in health care has heavily focused on a limited view of transportation insecurity rather than adopting the more inclusive approach of transportation justice. More
September 2023 Maria-Elena De Trinidad Young, Sharon Tafolla, Fabiola M. Perez-Lua,
The tensions among state immigrant policies, local immigration climates, and federal policy changes indicate that state immigrant policies are not implemented equally across state communities, resulting in challenges and limited benefits from policies for many immigrant communities. More
August 2023 Harold A. Pollack, Nate Glasser, Selwyn Rogers, Jr.,
Not long ago, some of us were asked to attend a meeting at our institution on the topic of development and employment opportunities for young people… More
July 2023 Sandro Galea,
The recent Supreme Court ruling striking down decades of race-based affirmative action in college admissions has reopened, once again, the national… More
