I have recently spoken a lot with reporters in my capacity as chair of the National Research Council-Institute of Medicine panel, which in January released its recent report on the U.S. health disadvantage. The report, The U.S. Health Disadvantage in International Perspective: Shorter Lives, Poorer Health, delivered some stunning news: Americans at all ages up…
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Funded by a grant from the National Institutes of Health, Engaging Richmond is a community-university partnership that was formed to identify social factors that influence the health of residents living in Richmond’s East End. Based on focus group information gathered from approximately 195 participants, including men, women, parents, caregivers, elderly, homeless, employed and unemployed, many…
CHN’s research is focused on how our health and longevity are affected by the characteristics of society; where we live, work, and play; how we interact with each other and with aspects of daily living—a concept collectively referred to as the social determinants of health. This effort builds on vast research that suggests characteristics of…
The Center has released the results of the Health Impact Assessment on the proposed poultry litter-to-energy facility in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia today. Our website has details on our analysis and the full report can be downloaded from there as well. Visits us at go.vcu.edu/hiapoultrylittertoenergy. Check our blog page for further details about our…
VCU professor chairs National Research Council and Institute of Medicine panel On average, Americans die sooner and experience higher rates of disease and injury than people in other high-income countries, says a new report from the National Research Council and Institute of Medicine. The report finds that this health disadvantage exists at all ages from…
The work of four separate projects conducted by CHN was presented at the annual conference of the American Public Health Association.
The nation faces daunting economic conditions, brought on in recent years by the recession and fiscal crisis but set against long-term economic trends that date to the 1970s. Each decade has brought a greater separation in the income of chief executives and workers. A large number of Americans are now unemployed, and wages have stagnated. …