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For U.S. women, how long you live depends on where you live.
Courtesy of Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation
America’s Health Gap
How do we improve health and reduce health disparities?
The odds of a long and healthy life are unequal in America. In 2010, life expectancy for women living in Marin County, California was 85 years. For women from Perry, Kentucky, it was 73 – a full 12 years less. The odds of premature death, disability, and disease are greater for Americans who are poor or black or American Indian. Even the best off Americans, however, fare worse on some health outcomes than their European counterparts.
Can we do better? The Interdisciplinary Association for Population Health Science (IAPHS) believes we can.
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The latest news, research, and commentary about population health and population health science.
Global Health Narratives for Youth
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Interpreting Conflict in the Past: Applying the Dirty War Index to a Bioarchaeological Setting
More and more, researchers are beginning to appreciate the importance of studying the effects of conflict on population health. As physical anthropologists looking for ways to assess violence [...]
Framing Matters: How Sharing Personal Stories May Help Dismantle Addiction Stigma and Increase Access to Treatment
Image from PBS.org -News Hour Sheena is a young woman raising two young sons on her own in North Carolina. She ferries her children to daycare, [...]
Syndemics and Population Health: A Q&A with Anthropologist Emily Mendenhall
This week, IAPHS member Kristin Harper interviews medical anthropologist Emily Mendenhall (Georgetown University) about a recent series of articles on the concept of syndemics that she spearheaded in [...]
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