Immigration and Adolescent Health
The first study measuring a sample before and after the 2016 election finds an increase in anxiety symptoms among teens worrying about immigration policies.
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Sexual Assault Behind Bars
While gaps in institutional responses to sexual assault existed for all women, injustice was exacerbated for Black women.
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Girl, Grown, and Woman
For Black females, health disparities are not attributable to behavioral differences but rather social forces and sexual development across the life course.
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Sexual Assault While Serving
The Department of Defense will encourage reporting, connect survivors to services, and hold offenders accountable in response to sexual assault.
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Rating Health After Redlining
Redlining, a vehicle of structural racism, is associated with slower neighborhood foreclosure recovery and poorer self-rated health among Detroit residents.
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Pain, Prescriptions, and Prejudice
African Americans disproportionately inherit sickle cell disease and depend on opioids to cope with pain, making treatment a challenge during an epidemic.
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Cravings for a Reality Check
A surge in respiratory illness and death associated with vaping and electronic-cigarette use calls on health agencies and departments to prevent new cases.
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A Custom to Latch Onto
As public health professionals, we must support parents in their decisions to breastfeed for as long as they choose and in whatever space they select.
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Rise in STIs
Substance use, unstable housing, and reduced condom use among young people and men who have sex with men are part of the increased number of cases of STIs.
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