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Research on the impact of sexual assault on health in women populations find that targets of sexual harassment experience a range of mental health outcomes– including depression, anxiety, fear, guilt, shame, anger, and PTSD– [99] and physical health problems such as headaches, digestive system issues, and sleep disorders. [100]
Location of housing is a determinant of a person's access to the job market, transportation, education, healthcare, and safety. People residing in neighborhoods with high concentrations of low-income and minority households experience higher mortality risks, poor health services, high rates of teenage pregnancy, and high crime rates. [37]
Even when controlling for socioeconomic status, racial divides in health persist. For example, Black Americans with college degrees have worse health outcomes than White and Hispanic Americans who have high school diplomas. [24] Studies on heart disease mortality have found that gaps between Black and White Americans exist at every education level.
Redlining is the practice of denying or increasing the cost of services, such as banking, insurance, access to jobs, [120] access to health care, [121] or even supermarkets [122] to residents in certain, often racially determined, [123] areas.
Racial segregation is the separation of people into racial or other ethnic groups in daily life. Segregation can involve the spatial separation of the races, and mandatory use of different institutions, such as schools and hospitals by people of different races.
It's never too late to start plogging, and after you hear about these health benefits, you'll want to start ASAP. Give your body and your surroundings one big healthy dose of physical fitness. 1.
Physical therapist and health coach Dr. Shawn Weiss, DPT, says one popular exercise move she often sees people doing but doesn’t recommend to anyone—especially people 50 and older—is neck ...
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention has issued that gentrification is a public health issue. [17] Another segregation term, the ghetto, has been used in many different contexts over time, generally meaning any physical part of a city predominantly occupied by any particular group of people. It implies that the group may be looked down ...