You are now viewing 1 - 5 of 5 results
January 27, 2003 | Program Result Report
From 1998 to 2001, the Harvard Journal of African American Public Policy produced a theme issue dedicated to health and health policy issues that affect African-American communities. The journal also sponsored a conference focused on this topic in 1999.
December 1, 2006 | Program Result Report
David Barton Smith, PhD, studied the historical link between racial segregation and discrimination in health care and examined possible approaches to address certain continuing discrepancies and the persistence of segregation.
September 30, 2008 | Story
Instead of looking at the issue from patients' perspective, Corbie-Smith focused on the investigators' side. "I said, 'There are two sides to this issue,' and the investigators have as much responsibility as the participants in this,'" she explains.
September 30, 2008 | Story
Brown's interest in diabetes was more than professional. Both of her parents were diagnosed with the disease, and it changed their lives. Overnight, they became patients who needed to take medication, monitor what they ate and change their lifestyle.
January 13, 2008 | Story
Consumer psychologist Sonya A. Grier, PhD, MBA, a Health & Society Scholar, collaborated with colleagues to study fast-food marketing and targeted interventions to combat childhood obesity.