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The nursing burnout crisis is also happening in primary care
Exhausted nurse resting their head.

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The nursing burnout crisis is also happening in primary care

A study co-authored by Penn Nursing’s Jacqueline Nikpour and J. Margo Brooks Carthon finds nurses in primary care face burnout and poor work environments, especially in low-income clinics.

From Penn LDI

Where are King County’s homeless residents from?
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Where are King County’s homeless residents from?

Dennis Culhane of the School of Social Policy & Practice explains that most of the migration that occurs for people who are homeless happens on a regional scale.

The problem of race-specific tests in lung care
An African American person using a spirometer.

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The problem of race-specific tests in lung care

Using different baseline lung function for Black and white patients leads to lower rates of diagnosis in Black patients, say Penn LDI fellows.

From Penn LDI

Understanding the decline in racial disparities in COVID
Young black man wearing surgical face masks while sitting and riding on a window seat of a tram

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Understanding the decline in racial disparities in COVID

The School of Arts & Sciences’ Irma Elo and Samuel Preston, with a collaborative team of researchers, assessed racial disparities in U.S. COVID-19 deaths, calling for continued efforts to better understand and implement targeted strategies for addressing health inequalities.