Assistant professor of Health Management and Policy Melissa Creary discusses discrimination among patients in the US health care system. Read more
Angela Beck, clinical assistant professor of Health Behavior and Health Education, shares the importance of effective contact tracing and how the recent increase in COVID-19 cases has strained contact tracing work for health departments. Read more
The future for the health sector in the United Kingdom is perilously uncertain, according to a report led by Holly Jarman and Scott Greer, professors of Health Management and Policy at Michigan Public Health. Read more
A new paper published this week in JAMA Network Open looks at patient experiences of discrimination in the US health system and found the types of discrimination a person could encounter in a health care setting varied, with the survey finding that 21% of non-institutionalized, English-speaking US adults have experienced discrimination while seeking medical care. Read more
Black patients are more likely to be hospitalized with COVID-19 than white patients with similar underlying health and socioeconomic conditions, according to a new University of Michigan School of Public Health study. Read more
Young transgender adults often relocate to cities like San Francisco where they feel safer and have access to adequate health care, but the migration might place them at risk of homelessness, unemployment and racism, say University of Michigan researchers. Read more