Recent publication from Health Equity working group examines hypertension among young African-American Christians

Dr. Keisha Bentley-Edwards serves as the Director of the Health Equity Working Group in The Samuel Dubois Cook Center on Social Equity. They are currently managing three projects, including one examining intersections between Race, Religion & Health. Along with co-researchers, including Paul A. Robbins and William A. Darity, Dr. Bentley-Edwards's team released a new publication in the Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities looked at "Denominational and Gender Differences in Hypertension Among African American Christian Young Adults" finding that Baptist & Catholic women were less likely to have hypertension than Pentecostal women. Dr. Bentley-Edwards shared that "treating historically Black churches the same will get mixed results," stating that their study focused on Black young adult Christians and hypertension. Read more on the group's work here and view the publication here.