Do Test Scores Really Matter?
Test scores for students have increased in the past two decades in Massachusetts, yet the disparity between racial and socioeconomic groups still persists.
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Homes for Homeless Don’t Guarantee Food
Implementing a meal delivery program for food-insecure permanent supportive housing residents can prevent health problems associated with food insecurity.
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Pushing Policy for Polishes: On Toluene
Changes in nail product formulation and better ventilation in nail salons can reduce solvents like toluene, improving the health of nail technicians.
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Communicating Sexual Health for Somali Youth
It is necessary to recognize the cultural and religious influences in Somali youths’ lives to offer creative ways to communicate sexual health information.
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Practice What We Preach
A 2019 study shows that public health schools’ maternity leave policies are too often not in keeping with their proclaimed values.
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Immigration Enforcement: A Public Health Crisis
The negative economic, psychological, and social consequences of immigration enforcement show that it is both a humanitarian and public health crisis.
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Warning: Sweet Drinks Ahead
In the midst of a nationwide obesity epidemic, taxing and labeling policies on sugary drinks can work together to help consumers make healthier choices.
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Meaningful Relationships and Aging Well
With people living longer, practitioners must re-examine how health systems meet the needs of older Americans and better prepare them for quality living.
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Declining Abortion Rates in a Sexual Revolution
Abortion rates in the United States are falling. One explanation can be that high schoolers are having less sex than their predecessors did 40 years ago.
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Bleak Futures for Oglala Sioux Youth
Young people in Pine Ridge and other reservations around the US deserve the same opportunities as their peers to live longer and healthier lives.
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Measuring HIV Post-Release
There is an urgent need for comprehensive reform to increase HIV testing, prevention, care, and treatment services in prisons and jails.
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Who’s in US Jails?
In the United States, a person can be held in jail awaiting trial for days, weeks, months, or years because they cannot afford to pay bail bond.
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Picking Up the Pencil in Postpartum
Having a baby can be a stressful time on mothers, but evidence suggests that expressive writing can help women whose wellbeing is at risk following birth.
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Health Care’s Triple Failure
With high health care costs, it is valuable to pursue a balance of efforts to fix health care and to address non-medical influences on health and wellbeing.
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