The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention identifies social determinants of health as “the conditions in the places where people live, learn, work, and play.” Evidence suggests that these factors are as influential on health as access to health care and individual behaviors.
Focus & Focus+ 36(3), October 2020
COVID-19 and Poverty
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- October 2020
Discrimination and African American health inequities
- Bridget Goosby, Jacob E. Cheadle, and Colter M. Mitchell
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- October 2020
Cutting Child Poverty in Half: Directions for Policymakers
- Fast Focus Policy Brief
- April 2020
How Well-Being Measures Can Help Communities Fight Poverty and Despair
- Anita Chandra and Carol Graham
- Webinar
- December 04 2019
The brain science of poverty and its policy implications
- Fast Focus Policy Brief
- June 2019
Reducing high infant mortality rates in the United States
- Fast Focus Policy Brief
- May 2019
A history of residential segregation in the United States
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- March 2019
Reducing pregnancy-Related maternal deaths in the United States
- Fast Focus Policy Brief
- December 2018
Paid parental leave in the United States
- Emma Caspar
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- June 2018
How do parental welfare work requirements affect children?
- Chris M. Herbst
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- June 2018