Through evaluation and accountability, policy development, and public trust building, public health professionals can play a key role in supporting the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline.
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Free meals in schools have resulted in more students eating both breakfast and lunch, and have led to improved performance in the classroom.
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City livability scores show residents’ priorities for their standard of living. These scores can also serve as proxies for public health.
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Katherine Flegal is a consulting professor at Stanford University and is one of the most highly cited researchers in obesity epidemiology.
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The combination of raising children, caring for older parents, and working for pay makes the sandwich generation a unique group for policymakers to pay attention to.
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Too often diabetic children make enemies of their bodies while trying to strike a balance between enjoying what they eat and managing their blood sugar.
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In the wake of the 2022 mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas, the Whole Blood Deployment Program provided critical resources to an overwhelmed medical center, offering an example of how to improve emergency response in the U.S.
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Youth who received mental health treatment in childhood had similar mental health problems in adulthood as those who received no services.
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Roughly 42% of U.S. adults experience weight discrimination, yet Michigan is the only state where discrimination based on weight is illegal.
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A multi-pronged public health approach is needed to decrease gun-related deaths in children, including effective advocacy, partnerships with elected officials, and continued efforts to enact safe storage laws.
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Access to gender-affirming treatments and care decreased the odds of both depression and suicide in transgender and non-binary youth.
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A nation-wide study exploring the connection between aggression and temperature found that the prevalence of hate speech increased as temperatures became more extreme.
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