Senior Loneliness and the Public Health Response
Research shows that senior loneliness has a detrimental effect on health. Interventions are underway to reduce isolation and loneliness for seniors.
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A Troubling Double of Louisiana’s Inmate Death Rate
Louisiana has the highest number of inmate deaths (per 100,000) in the nation, and the number is rising rapidly. What explains this dramatic disparity?
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Battling Obesity by Rebranding Healthy Foods
Twisted carrots and dynamite beets? A new study suggests a surprising strategy to battle the ongoing obesity epidemic in the US.
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Racial Equity in Kidney Transplants
Prior to 2015, kidney transplants went to white patients at a much higher rate. A new allocation system was devised in order to change that.
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Where Are Refugees From?
Refugees from travel ban countries make up only 6% of all refugees in the United States.
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The Power Gap
The dramatic under-representation of women serving in elected office at the city, state, federal, and global levels has important implications for public health.
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Will and Representation
The ability to vote is a political determinant of health. However, voter suppression and disenfranchisement have long been utilized to consolidate power, discourage grassroots movements, maintain the class structure, and as a tool of oppression.
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Combatting High Pharma Costs in Massachusetts
There is bipartisan agreement that unregulated pharmaceutical costs are a problem. Here are three policy approaches – including model legislation – that states could use.
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UPDATE: The Refugee Crisis and Returning Home
Three important statistics from new data released by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCR) on the world’s refugee and displaced persons crisis.
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Suicide Needs Unmet
A recent JAMA article by Gibbons, et al. demonstrates that the national suicide rate and the number of psychiatric beds have an inverse relationship.
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