Although it is often acknowledged that social and environmental factors interact to produce
racial and ethnic environmental health disparities, it is still unclear how this occurs. Despite …

▪ Abstract In what follows we critically assess a selection of the works on urban poverty that
followed the publication of WJ Wilson's The Truly Disadvantaged, with a particular focus on …

We invite you to join us for this book's journey through the exciting field of community
psychology! As a team of authors, we each came to community psychology because it …

Residents of distressed urban areas suffer early aging-related disease and excess mortality.
Using a community-based participatory research approach in a collaboration between social …

We hypothesize that black women experience accelerated biological aging in response to
repeated or prolonged adaptation to subjective and objective stressors. Drawing on stress …

Background The gap between the highest and lowest life expectancies for race-county
combinations in the United States is over 35 y. We divided the race-county combinations of …

Objectives. This study examined whether individual (self-perceived) and institutional
(segregation and redlining) racial discrimination was associated with poor health status …

Often presented as a global pandemic spreading all over the world, COVID-19, however, hit
not only countries but also regions differently. The objective of this paper is to focus on the …

Studies of 'context'are increasingly widespread. These studies often become entrenched in
methodological debates rather than being conceptually satisfying. We suggest that part of …

This review examined the interactions between the correctional system and the health of
urban populations. Cities have more poor people, more people of color, and higher crime …