Health Behavior and Health Equity

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Seven Ways the Pandemic Is Affecting Our Mental Health

Riana Anderson featured in Greater Good Magazine

Epidemiologists and virologists around the world are scrambling to understand and prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus. There is another group of researchers who are concerned about a slightly different foe: the mental health pandemic.

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What Happens If Eviction Moratoriums Expire Across the US?

Q&A with Roshanak Mehdipanah

Eviction moratoriums, both at the federal and state levels, are expiring, as are the benefits of the CARES act that provided emergency funds to millions of unemployed Americans. Two University of Michigan experts discuss the policy and public health considerations.

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COVID-19 and the Disproportionate Impact on Black Americans

Q&A with Enrique Neblett

Why is the coronavirus pandemic causing Black Americans to be disproportionately affected by COVID-19 and what can we do at the individual and community level to dismantle the systemic racism at the root of these health disparities?

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IN THE NEWS: How Businesses Can Address Mental Health & Racial Disparities

Riana Anderson featured on Yahoo Finance

Assistant Professor in the Department of Health Behavior and Health Education at the University of Michigan's School of Public Health Riana Elyse Anderson joins Yahoo Finance’s Akiko Fujita and Anjalee Khemlani to discuss racial disparities of those impacted by the coronavirus.