Purpose Mental health disparities exist across several dimensions of social inequality,
including race/ethnicity, socioeconomic status and gender. Most investigations of health …

Introduction People with serious mental illness experience substantially reduced life
expectancy, likely due in part to their higher smoking rates relative to the general population …

Although perceived discrimination in Black youth is a risk factor for a wide range of negative
mental health outcomes, recent research has suggested some gender differences in these …

Black men are disproportionately impacted by lung cancer morbidity and mortality. Low-
dose helical computed tomography (LDCT) lung cancer screening has demonstrated …

Background People who have been incarcerated have high rates of cardiovascular risk
factors, such as hypertension and smoking, and cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a leading …

Background: Very little is known about how incarceration influences a person's weight in
Canada. We sought to determine how inmates' weights change during their incarceration in …

We conducted a narrative literature review to examine contributing factors of disparities in
tobacco usage and outcomes affecting Black Americans. We propose potential solutions that …

Background: Despite the status of tobacco and marijuana as two of the most commonly used
substances in the US, both have detrimental health and social consequences for …

Purpose Research has revealed an association between incarceration and food hardship at
the individual level. Other studies also find that county jail incarceration rates are associated …

The United States' systems, policies, and practices are built upon centuries of intersecting
and compounding injustices. Despite the resulting reforms and revolutions led by affected …