What is the state of our environment today? Looking back 40 years from now, what will images of our neighborhoods, parks and cities reveal about the health of our surroundings?
To tell this important story, The National Archives and Records Administration together with the United States Environmental Protection Agency is reviving its historic Documerica project… [ Read full post ]
Bad schools or an unsafe neighborhood can affect a child’s health. So too can a parent’s stress level.
According to a recent study from the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, children living in stressful households are more vulnerable to lung damage from air pollution than children whose parents are less stressed … [ Read full post ]
Minority neighborhoods continue to serve as “dumping grounds” for polluting facilities, according to a new the book, that explores the connection between racial inequality and health. Written by the “father of environmental health,” Robert D. Bullard, PhD, Environmental Health and Racial Equity, is a first-rate account of events, individuals, and organizations that have shaped… [ Read full post ]
Interested in learning about data resources related to childhood obesity? The National Collaborative on Childhood Obesity Research will host a free webinar on its online Catalogue of Surveillance Systems that allows users to review, sort, and compare more than 75 surveillance systems (including the California Health Interview Survey) that collect data relevant to childhood … [ Read full post ]
An African American baby in the predominantly low-income neighborhood of West Oakland is 1.5 times more likely to be born premature than a white infant in the Oakland Hills, 7 times more likely to be born into poverty, and 4 times more likely to have parents with only a high school education. These and other … [ Read full post ]
