Albert Walker, Community-Academic Liaison for the Center on Society and Health, served as a panelist for the 8th Annual Community Forum held Saturday, June 14th at Virginia State University (VSU). The Forum was designed to enlighten the general public regarding issues linked to poverty and school aged children; to enhance the understanding of those tasked with…
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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…
In my last few posts, I have discussed research highlighting the association between educational attainment and life expectancy, employment status, and other outcomes. A recent report out of the Urban Institute highlights the intergenerational effects of poverty and the educational attainment of parents on their children’s future prospects. In their report “Child Poverty and Its…
A study by Galea et al. published in the August edition of the American Journal of Public Health concludes that the estimated number of deaths attributable to social factors in the United States is comparable to the number attributed to pathophysiological and behavioral causes.
A report by the GAO on the effects of the recession on the income of older adults (age 55 and over) finds that while the unemployment rate of older adults is lower than for younger workers, the rate doubled during the recession.
A report from the Congressional Budget Office examines the distribution of household income before and after government transfers and federal taxes.
According to the most recent KIDS COUNT Data Book by the Annie E. Casey Foundation, child well-being has stagnated since 2000, after improvements in the 1990s.
A recent report from the Pew Research Center describes the growing wealth gap between households of different racial/ethnic background: the median wealth of white households is 20 times that of black households and 18 times that of Hispanic households.
A new USDA website features census-tract level data on food deserts across the U.S. Food deserts are low-income communities without ready access to affordable and healthy foods.
State of Homelessness in America analyzes annual “point-in-time” homelessness counts which take place in January of each year. The 2009 count found that 656,129 people were homeless –or 21 people per 10,000 people in the general population.