LANSING – Historical redlining of neighborhoods still poses health threats to present-day residents, such as increased risk of diabetes, hypertension and e
LANSING Historical redlining of neighborhoods still poses health threats to present-day residents, such as increased risk of diabetes, hypertension and earl
Historical redlining of neighborhoods still poses health threats to present-day residents, such as increased risk of diabetes, hypertension and early death from heart disease, according to a recent study by the National Library of Medicine.
While redlining practices are not legal anymore, the effects still linger in historically redlined areas that typically have a high concentration of minority residents.
REDLINING & HEALTH: The racially discriminatory practice of redlining neighborhoods does more than push up residents’ cost of insurance, mortgages and other financial services. It also worsens …