A ground-breaking new report by the UCL Institute of Health Equity (IHE) published today, Tuesday 17 December, highlights the profound impacts – both positive and negative – that housing has on health and wellbeing.

A recently-published study in the journal Biological Conservation highlights how small grants can address ocean conservation challenges in a manner that promotes social equity.

Though research has shown that people with long COVID are more likely to be unemployed, the statistics don’t reveal what patients go through before they cut their hours, stop working or lose their jobs. In a new study involving interviews of people with long COVID, researchers describe how the prolonged illness has affected not only patients’ job status, but also their overall well-being.

Janine Wedel, Distinguished University Professor, Schar School of Policy and Government, received money for a project on the growing non-Western offshore system used by transnational networks emanating from autocratic regimes such as Russia to skirt international checks and balances. Wedel and her colleagues are investigating these informal networks and how they enable “weaponized corruption” — the use of corruption for geopolitical ends — and the evasion of Western sanctions. They are also identifying emerging threats to global security and democratic integrity they present. 

A study from the University of Kansas school of journalism found a majority of parents surveyed recalled viewing racially and ethnically diverse media with their children. The parents' racial-ethnic identity predicted their attitudes about such content, but not necessarily their beliefs. The findings show that there is both more diverse content available for children and that parents are largely open to their children consuming diverse media.

Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) has been awarded a five-year, $9 million grant from the National Cancer Institute to establish a pioneering Cancer Control Equity Research Center. This initiative aims to enhance the dissemination and implementation of health promotion and cancer prevention services for individuals and families residing in Virginia's Housing and Urban Development (HUD)-administered income-based housing communities in the Greater Richmond region and Hampton Roads.