Health inequality remains a pressing challenge across populations, contributing to disproportionate rates of illness, reduced life expectancy, and unequal access to essential care services. These ...

Interventions that address socioeconomic determinants of health are receiving considerable attention from policy makers and health care executives. The interest is fueled in part by expected returns ...

The American Hospital Association released its last Hospitals Against Violence Advisory Group guidelines. The guidelines focus on community-based violence interventions. The guidelines, titled ...

This approach supports the community’s self-determination and capacity, has a long-term impact and results in less dependency on external actors and has proved that resources available will be used ...

Violence is a leading cause of death and disability in the United States and abroad, with far-reaching consequences for individuals and communities. Interventions that address environmental and social ...

Numerous strategies were proposed, including an emphasis on community-based interventions that can reduce psychological stressors associated with clinical settings. Patients from disadvantaged ...

Influence on individual lifestyles at a community level might be through the media (all forms including print, television) and the internet, education at schools and through public health initiatives, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Minority and low-income populations have less involvement in their cancer care, experience worse health-related ...

Community intervention can help American Indian families change behavior related to early childhood weight gain and obesity, according to a new Kaiser Permanente and Northwest Portland Area Indian ...

There was little improvement in opioid-related overdose deaths with community-based interventions, according to a multisite cluster randomized trial, although the study was met with several obstacles.

In 2020, the U.S. experienced a 30% surge in gun-related homicides, with firearm deaths becoming the leading cause of mortality for children and adolescents. Four years later, in June 2024, Surgeon ...