Stress and Anxiety in Latina Farmworkers
Latina farmworker immigrants in North Carolina reported greater stress and anxiety than Latina immigrant laborers working outside the agricultural sector.
...more
Deborah Prothrow-Stith
Deborah Prothrow-Stith has worked extensively to define youth violence as a health problem. She sat down with PHP to discuss best practices in violence prevention for public health professionals.
...more
Reducing the Harms of Childhood Trauma
A study on the Massachusetts Child Trauma Project showed trauma-informed care of children in the state’s welfare program resulted in less physical abuse, neglect, and better adoption placement.
...more
Your Hourly Wage Affects Your Weight?
Ukert and colleagues explored the effect of state-level minimum wage increases on health and diet among individuals most likely affected by changes to the minimum wage.
...more
Condom Nation
Cases of sexually transmitted infections are at record highs. Could a self-lubricating condom make sex safer and be fun to use?
...more
Neighborhoods Matter for Sex Risk in Our Cities
STDs and HIV cluster in communities that are disproportionately affected by incarceration, economic disadvantage, boarded-up buildings, and other signs of neighborhood disorder.
...more
It’s Time for Americans to Stop Sleeping on Sleep
Americans, especially people of color, are significantly more likely to report sleeping six hours or less. Sleeping six hours is the cut off, after which, negative health risks increase.
...more
College Drinkers Call for Help
Many colleges have passed medical amnesty policies that remove potential punishments for underage drinking if students call for medical assistance in an emergency.
...more
The 2 Degree Solution
What would it take for us to avoid a 2˚C increase in global temperature in the next 30 years? An energy policy firm tackles the question, modeling how current energy policies will impact future emissions.
...more
Women in Soccer and Brain Injury
Women soccer players are at particular risk. Brain imaging showed repeated “heading” may cause more brain injury in women than in men.
...more
Immigrants and Private Insurance: Pay More, Use Less
New research in Health Affairs upends the belief that immigrants are a drain on the US health care system.
...more
Video Games and Violence: A Continuing Discussion
The effects of violent video games on players are not clearly understood. Lamb et al. developed a computational model to study relationships between aggressive behavior and video game play.
...more
2018 Year in Review
Executive Editor Michael Stein looks back at the best of 2018 and forward to 2019 with the announcement of our new fellows.
...more
We DID Start the Fire
If our energy use increases at the current rate, dramatic temperature increases are predicted for US cities.
...more