In the United States, some populations suffer from far greater disparities in health than others. Those disparities are caused not only by fundamental differenc

Racial and ethnic disparities in health care are known to reflect access to care and other issues that arise from differing socioeconomic conditions. There is,

How can we all work together to eliminate the avoidable injustices that plague our health care system and society? Health is determined by far more than a perso

Researchers commonly ask subjects to self-identify their race from a menu of preestablished options. Yet if race is a multidimensional, multilevel social constr

A data-driven analysis of how different people share information about health through social media. Using social media and peer-to-peer networks to teach people