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Health Equity

Penn LDI SUMR 2022 Program Marked by Heightened Sense of Racial Justice and Academic Purpose

Minority Research Program Concludes with Largest Class, Most Funding, Record Numbers of Faculty Mentors and Lecturers

By:
  • Hoag Levins
August 29, 2022

News

Health Equity

Penn Medicine Maternal Mortality Prevention Innovation Selected for Federal Racial Equity in Postpartum Care Program

Sindhu Srinivas and Adi Hirshberg's Heart Safe Motherhood System Continues Expansion Beyond Penn

By:
  • Hoag Levins
August 24, 2022

Blog Post

Health Care Access & Coverage

Many Adolescents Face Barriers to Confidential Reproductive Health Care

A 2019 Title X Rule Change, Since Reversed, Continues to Hinder Access to Care for Adolescents

By:
  • Polina Krass, MD, MSHP
August 17, 2022

Blog Post

Health Care Access & Coverage

Who Wants Government Health Care and Unemployment Programs to Expand?

People Who Felt Most at Risk from COVID-19 Tend to Favor Expansions—Regardless of Their Political Attitudes

By:
  • Jen Fisher Wilson
August 15, 2022
Two maps of Chicago with blue and red shading indicating drops in crime and drops in cardiovascular mortality

Blog Post

Health Equity

The Ripple Effect of Neighborhood Crime

When Crime Decreases, So Do Cardiovascular and Coronary Artery Disease Mortality Rates

By:
  • Lauren Eberly, MD, MPH
  • Sameed Khatana, MD, MPH
August 11, 2022

News

Health Equity

The Effect of Language Barriers on Brain Health Equity for Latinos

LDI Senior Fellow Adriana Perez at Alzheimer's Association International Conference

By:
  • Hoag Levins
August 10, 2022

Blog Post

Health Care Access & Coverage

Why Are Immigrants in Detention Facilities Hospitalized?

New Data Reveals Infection and Psychiatric Diagnoses Drive the Majority of Hospitalizations

By:
  • Christine Weeks
August 3, 2022

Blog Post

Population Health

Unexplained Variation in Firearm Deaths Points to Opportunities

Differences in Firearm Deaths Among U.S. Counties Could Yield Important Insights for Prevention

By:
  • Elinore J. Kaufman, MD, MSHP
  • and Michelle Degli Esposti, DPhil
August 2, 2022

Blog Post

Health Care Access & Coverage

Rapid Growth in Oncology Practices Directly Dispensing Cancer Drugs

What Are the Positive and Negative Implications?

By:
  • Genevieve Kanter, PhD
August 1, 2022
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News

Summer 2022 Reading: Latest Books From Penn LDI Senior Fellows

By:
  • Kaday Kamara, MPH
July 28, 2022

Blog Post

Population Health

Using Pediatric Office Visits To Help Parents Quit Smoking

By:
  • Brian Jenssen, MD, MSHP
  • Shannon Kelleher, MPH
July 27, 2022

News

Health Equity

Latest Research in the Beverage Tax Wars

Papers from Three Penn LDI Senior Fellows and the World Health Organization

By:
  • Hoag Levins
July 20, 2022

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