In recent decades, there has been remarkable growth in scientific research examining the
multiple ways in which racism can adversely affect health. This interest has been driven in …

Applying a social determinants of health framework, this review brings attention to evidence
from social sciences and neuroscience on the role of selected social factors in individual …

Human societies have always been deeply interconnected with our ecosystems, but today
those relationships are witnessing greater frictions, tensions, and harms than ever before …

In this Series paper, we examine how mass incarceration shapes inequality in health. The
USA is the world leader in incarceration, which disproportionately affects black populations …

Executive summary In September, 2015, the member states of the UN endorsed Sustainable
Development Goals (SDGs) for 2030, which aspire to human-rights-centred approaches to …

The unprecedented growth of the penal system in the United States has motivated an
expansive volume of research on the collateral consequences of punishment. In this review …

The expansion of the penal system has been one of the most dramatic trends in
contemporary American society. A wealth of research has examined the impact of …

Purpose: Black women in the United States face poor outcomes across reproductive health
measures—from pregnancy outcomes to gynecologic cancers. Racial health inequities are …

Stress proliferation theory suggests that parental incarceration may have deleterious
intergenerational health consequences. In this study, I use data from the 2011–2012 …

The health effects of police surveillance practices for the community at-large are unknown.
Using microlevel health data from the 2009–2012 New York City Community Health Survey …