Kerner Report thirty years later / Fred R. Harris -- Urban poverty, welfare reform, and child development / Greg J. Duncan and Jeanne Brooks-Gunn -- Poverty as a public health issue : since the Kerner ...

Researchers at Boston Medical Center, working with colleagues at University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health report that US preterm birth rates rose ...

Both poverty and race were linked to preterm birth in a U.S. population-based cross-sectional study. Among mother-infant dyads in households with income below the federal poverty level, preterm birth ...

Tornadoes are more likely to destroy property in counties with more Black residents than any other area, which exacerbates racial segregation and poverty, according to a recent journal article.

Preterm birth rates rose from 2011 to 2021 in households with income below the federal poverty level. Black mothers across all income brackets had higher preterm birth rates compared with white ...