For those looking to understand, design, and implement research collaborations between researchers and community members, patients, and other stakeholders, it can be hard to find detailed information about engagement methods and how they are implemented. But a new book, Researching Health Together: Engaging Patients and Stakeholders, from Topic Identification to Policy Change, was recently published…
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By Frances Dumenci, University Public Affairs Appearing before a United States Senate subcommittee for the second time in as many months, Steven Woolf, M.D., director of the Virginia Commonwealth University Center on Society and Health and professor of family medicine and population health in the VCU School of Medicine, is making a habit of lending…
The CDC conducts the Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health across the U.S. (REACH U.S.) Risk Factor Survey annually in minority communities. The survey focuses on black, Hispanic, Asian (including Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander), and American Indian populations and is conducted in 28 communities located in 17 states.
report from the National Research Council weighs in on factors contributing to the slower pace of improvements in longevity among men and women in the U.S. compared to other high-income countries.
The newly released report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) looked at health disparities in social determinants of health, environmental hazards, health care access and health outcomes.
Research from the USDA Economic Research Service finds that the gap in mortality, disability, and chronic disease between metro and non-metro areas has increased since 1989.