Title X Funding Improves Family Planning
Title X-participating centers consistently offer more effective and high-quality family planning services than non-Title X health centers.
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Fertility Preservation among Transgender Youth
Emerging evidence indicates that transgender youth are ineffectively counseled on fertility preservation prior to beginning cross-sex hormone therapy.
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Childhood Poverty in Philadelphia
Childhood poverty is not distributed evenly either across the country or within cities. Nearly one-third of Philadelphia’s infants and toddlers live in poverty.
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Unaccompanied Immigrant Children Are Highly Vulnerable
Understanding the unique needs of unaccompanied immigrant children who have been placed in foster care is a crucial part of the US response to a deepening humanitarian crisis.
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Driving While Sleeping
Racial minorities are 2.4 times more likely to have sleepiness-related accidents than White drivers. Researchers studied the underlying personal and social health factors that influence drowsy driving.
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High Pay Gets Higher, Low Pay Gets Lower
Middle-wage earners have not seen much of an increase in pay, and low-wage earners have almost exclusively seen drops in their pay over the decades.
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What’s Stopping LGBTQ Progress in Schools?
Few schools are implementing the full panel of CDC-recommended policies to support LGBTQ students. Researchers interviewed school administrators and school health professionals to find out why.
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The Green Ceiling
Climate change disproportionally damages low-income communities and communities of color. Yet, the majority of positions in environmental organizations are held by White individuals.
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Sharing (Anxiety and Depression) is Caring
In a study of seventh graders followed over time, researchers considered how negative emotions might predict the end of adolescent friendships.
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US Foreign Aid Policy Impedes Ugandan Sexual Minority Men’s Health
The global gag rule affects the health of sexual minority men in low-resource settings who depend on health facilities supported by US funding.
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Who Cares for Our Children?
Parents assume their child will be treated fairly and with respect at childcare facilities, but children of color may be experiencing bias from the adults caring for them.
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Longevity Secrets of Utah Centenarians
People live to age 100 or older are a rapidly expanding subgroup of the older adult population. The answer to their longevity might be sleep, satisfaction, and support.
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Boxers or Briefs?
Researchers may have provided some new insight into the age-old question on what affects sperm counts.
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Trump, Federalism, and the Environment
The Trump Administration has pursued a strategy of reducing federal government responsibility for environmental protection and devolving responsibility to the states.
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