Dallas Ducar
Dallas Ducar is president and CEO of a New England non-profit health care organization that provides gender-affirming care.
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Know Your Status
Focus group participants reported stigmatizing behavior about being tested for HIV, and among health care providers when seeking HIV testing.
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Behind the Screen-ing
Where veterans receive health care is more impactful than individual factors for lung cancer screening rates.
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Saving on the Snip
Male sexual and reproductive services available at publicly funded California health clinics are limited, and vasectomies are not covered by many insurance plans.
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Feeling the Heat
California residents living through more frequent wildfires had varied experiences due to environmental, social, and economic factors.
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The Cost of Conversion Therapy
Adverse outcomes of conversion therapy extend beyond psychological, physical and social; it’s also costly financially.
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PrEP’d for COVID
Pre-exposure prophylaxis utilization dropped off substantially in March 2020.
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Vax to School
A more restrictive 2016 California vaccine requirement for school entry increased Kindergarten student vaccination rates and medical exemptions, and did not affect home schooling.
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Prescription Subscription
Use of Hepatitis C virus medications increased dramatically under subscription-based payment model agreements.
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Something Lost, Nothing Gained
PHP fellows and editors analyze how the decision to overturn federal abortion protection rolls back reproductive rights and affects health.
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