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Homophily and social mixing in a small community: Implications for infectious disease transmission

Social networks, and the way they form strong or weak bonds, can have significant effects…

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Setting the Record Straight on Racial Wealth Inequality

What drives the racial wealth gap? Mainstream economic theory posits that differences are driven by…

Testing Intergroup Contact Theory Through a Natural Experiment of Randomized College Roommate Assignments in the United States

How do we bridge social gaps between groups? Attending college provides young adults a unique…

Fighting at Birth: Eradicating the Black-White Infant Mortality Gap

The infant mortality rate (IMR) in the United States is quite high compared to that…

Exposure to Biracial Faces Reduces Colorblindness

Colorblindness as an ideology (not the visual deficiency) centers on the notion that acknowledgement of…

Equally inequitable? A cross-national comparative study of racial health inequalities in the United States and Canada

Racial health disparities in the United States are well-known, and well-documented, but the extent of…

Denominational and Gender Differences in Hypertension Among African American Christian Young Adults

Hypertension is a grave concern for the African American population, and given the connection between…

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Child Abuse, Sexual Assault, Community Violence and High School Graduation

Abstract Researchers from a range of disciplines have conducted studies to identify why one in…