The objective of this study was to find out if social disadvantage increases vulnerability to the health effects of environmental hazards. The research specifically examined whether one’s race modifies the association between lead content in blood and blood pressure and whether socioeconomic status plays a role in this modifying effect. The results showed that social disadvantages intensifies the negative health effects of lead and provides evidence that social and environmental factors should be addressed together to eliminate health disparities. 
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This article discusses the research of Ingrid Gould Ellen and Keren Mertens Horn for the Poverty and Race Research Action Council. Their research centers on  the impact of subsidized federal housing programs for poor families on the educational access to high-quality schools. The researchers looked at the tendency of U.S. federal housing programs to place poor students near poorly performing schools. They specifically focused on the Next Step housing voucher program in Grand Junction, CO. The research suggests that poorfamilies in the four largest federal programs to

Adolescents who grow up poor are more likely to report being treated unfairly, and this perception of discrimination is related to harmful changes in physical health, reports a study by Gary Evans, professor of human development and of design and environmental analysis, and Anthony Ong, assistant professor of human development. The findings, published in Psychological Science, are among the first to explore discrimination as a factor in the well-known link between poverty and poor health, suggesting that the stresses associated with

Despite stereotypes of the homeless population as underweight, the literature lacks a rigorous analysis of weight status in homeless adults. The purpose of this study is to present the body mass index (BMI) distribution in a large adult homeless population and to compare this distribution to the non-homeless population in the United States. Demographic, BMI, and socioeconomic variables from patients seen in 2007-2008 were collected from the Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program. This population was compared to non-homeless

This paper explores the social ties and capital (the resources made available to them) of women relocating to low-poverty neighborhoods through the Moving to Opportunity program and a “regular mover” group who did not. Findings suggest the low-poverty movers seldom made close ties in their new neighborhoods; they also had fewer childhood friends and exchanged less support than the regular movers. Many, however, welcomed escaping the constant exchange that characterized their former neighborhoods and moved to areas higher in collective