All Posts:Center for Men's Health Equity

• Black People in Rural Areas Have Greater Mental Health Resiliency Than White People

  Finding in North Carolina is one of the first to explore this relationship and has implications for other areas of the country. WASHINGTON (March 4, 2023) — Black people living in rural areas of North Carolina were found to have better mental health than white people despite their exposure to various forms of racism and […]

  Category: News Release Tags: Center for Men's Health Equity, mental health, population health, Racial Justice Institute, research, socioeconomic disparities

• Studying Strategies to Achieve Men’s Health Equity

  (July 30, 2022) — As founder and director of the Center for Men’s Health Equity, Derek Griffith, PhD, strives to solve a mystery: Why do men, on average, live shorter lives than women, and what can be done to reduce that disparity? “When you look at sex differences and gender differences in the incidence and […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: Center for Men's Health Equity, health disparities, health equity, men's health, racial disparities, research