Barbara Ferrer
Biographic Data
| ID | 6055935 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Barbara Ferrer |
| GIVEN NAMES | Barbara |
| FAMILY NAME | Ferrer |
| SIGNATURE | FERRER B |
| AFFILIATIONS | David Aronstein is with The Boston Alliance for Community Health, Boston, MA. Barbara Ferrer and Lisa Conley are with the Boston Public Health Commission, Boston. |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Immigrant Health
Racial Inequities in Drug Arrests
The authors discuss their perspective on U.S. racial inequality in arrests for illegal drugs and prisoner's treatment for drug abuse, referencing an article in the issue by Mooney et al. An overview of the disparities between of African American and whites for drug possession arrests, including in regard to the similar rates of substance abuse by each populations, is provided
Collaboration Between Local Health Authorities, Hospitals, Residents, and Community-Based Organizations in Boston
As public health practitioners in Boston, we read with interest both the original article from Sprague Martinez et al.1 about youth perceptions of neighborhood sanitation in our city as well as the follow-up exchange between the authors and Jarris et al.,2 who noted rightly that these neighborhood-level observations should be shared with local, state, and federal health agencies to improve public health and quality of life. In fact, Jarris et al.…
Immigrant Health
Racial Inequities in Drug Arrests
The authors discuss their perspective on U.S. racial inequality in arrests for illegal drugs and prisoner's treatment for drug abuse, referencing an article in the issue by Mooney et al. An overview of the disparities between of African American and whites for drug possession arrests, including in regard to the similar rates of substance abuse by each populations, is provided
Collaboration Between Local Health Authorities, Hospitals, Residents, and Community-Based Organizations in Boston
As public health practitioners in Boston, we read with interest both the original article from Sprague Martinez et al.1 about youth perceptions of neighborhood sanitation in our city as well as the follow-up exchange between the authors and Jarris et al.,2 who noted rightly that these neighborhood-level observations should be shared with local, state, and federal health agencies to improve public health and quality of life. In fact, Jarris et al.…
Racial Inequities in Drug Arrests
The authors discuss their perspective on U.S. racial inequality in arrests for illegal drugs and prisoner's treatment for drug abuse, referencing an article in the issue by Mooney et al. An overview of the disparities between of African American and whites for drug possession arrests, including in regard to the similar rates of substance abuse by each populations, is provided
Immigrant Health
Medicine (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Criminology (2 works) · Environmental health (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Nursing (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Public health (2 works) · Anchoring (1 work) · Child Abuse and Trauma (1 work)