The Weight of Women’s Health Insurance
Insurance status is deeply connected to birth weight, with uninsured pregnant women more likely to have a low-birth-weight birth.
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Brick by Brick: Vaccine Clinics in Schools
School-hosted clinics improved access to the COVID-19 vaccine, but vaccine hesitancy may have prevented families in disadvantaged neighborhoods from getting vaccinated.
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Reboot, Relapse, Repeat: The Harm of Anti-Pornography Forums
Online forums like NoFap can have negative impacts on participants’ mental and physical health.
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Kids See Food, They Eat It
Food and drink advertising for children is largely unregulated, resulting in companies promoting unhealthy products and targeting low-income children.
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The Missing Case of Cancer Screening Data
The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted many routine health care visits, including cancer screenings, resulting in an undercounting of cancer diagnoses.
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Matthew Kreuter
Matthew Kreuter, Kahn Family Professor of Public Health at Washington University in St. Louis and founder of the Health Communication Research Laboratory, shares about his research on effective public health messaging to address health inequities.
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Drug Confiscation: For Better or Worse?
While drug seizures are used to limit the use of illegal substances, disrupting drug markets may not be as effective as intended, and in some instances, may increase overdose risk.
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