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CCRS Research Assistant Professor Represents UD at Research Symposium on Parental Behavioral Health

Katy Kaplan (far left) co-hosted the Community Behavioral Health (CBH) Research Symposium on Parental Behavioral Health on November 8 in Philadelphia
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CCRS Fall 2023 Connect, Communicate, Collaborate

Welcome to new students & public allies! Also, learn about the latest publications, presentation, and work from CCRS.
 

Biden School Faculty and Staff Serve As Guest Editors for Delaware Journal of Public Health

Biden School Faulty and Staff Members Stephen Metraux, Sean O'Neill, Roger Hesketh, and Mimi Rayl served as guest editors for the Delaware Journal of Public Health
 

Fall 2023 Nonprofit Leadership Program

Registration is open for the Fall 2023 Cohort of the Nonprofit Leadership Certificate Program.
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DELAWARE FOCUS: HEALTH INEQUITIES AND RACISM IN THE FIRST STATE

​Health is often defined as a state of physical, mental and social wellbeing and not merely the absence of disease.   Social circumstances and our living and working conditions -- referred to as social determinants of health (SDH) -- are the most important drivers of health.  For more information...

DELAWARE FOCUS: TRACKING RACIAL & ETHNIC DATA TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE FOR KIDS

​Delaware data indicate that our children do not all have access to the same opportunities. Disparities exist in well-being outcomes along racial and ethnic lines in nearly every indicator of child well-being tracked. Effective change must start with accurate, reliable, unbiased data. The KIDS COUNT Data Center provides access to hundreds of indicators of child well-being for state and national geographies, including data disaggregated by race/ethnicity. For more information…

NOW & THEN: A 25-YEAR RETROSPECTIVE ON THE WELL-BEING OF DELAWARE'S CHILDREN

​The 25th edition of KIDS COUNT in Delaware Fact Book examines how Delaware’s child population has changed over the course of two and a half decades. We as a state have failed to eliminate the persistent racial and ethnic inequities that are shown in the measures of child well-being. These barriers persist even with the broad progress of the past twenty-five years. For more information…

STRUCTURAL RACISM AS A FUNDAMENTAL CAUSE OF HEALTH INEQUITIES

​This policy brief describes the role of racism in creating and perpetuating inequities in health among Black communities in the United States.  It defines structural racism with a social determinants of health framework and highlights ways in which residential segregation is connected with poor living, working, and social conditions that threaten good health.  For more information...