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PHPod sits down with new fellows, Lia Musumeci, Heather Sherr, Jude Sleiman, Abby Varker, and Dani Weissert, to discuss health communications and their public health interests going into their year-long fellowships with PHP.
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As the population ages, caregiving from an immediate family member is on the rise. But this informal care can take a detrimental toll on the caregiver’s mental, physical, and financial health.
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White individuals are more likely to experience bystander CPR intervention during a cardiac event at home or in public than Black or Hispanic individuals, who are 26% and 37% less likely to receive CPR, respectively.
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Anastasia Kidd, minister, lecturer, author, and activist, discusses her new book, Fat Church: Claiming a Gospel of Fat Liberation, and the health effects of weight stigma in medicalized spaces and research.
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PHPod sat down with Leah Watson, a senior staff attorney with the ACLU Racial Justice Program, to discuss censorship in the classroom.
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While spending less time on social media might be a positive experience for young cisgender people, it can cause an increase in depression and anxiety among trans and nonbinary youths.
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While restraints are used in less than 1% of emergency care encounters, adult Black patients were 31% more likely to experience physical restraint compared to White patients.
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Most substance use is polysubstance use, which complicates treatment and overdose prevention efforts, especially in rural America.
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PHPod sat down with Christina Dobbs, an assistant professor at Boston University Wheelock College of Education and Human Development, to discuss the current onslaught of book bans and challenges in classrooms across the country.
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Suicide rates among Native veterans are disproportionately high compared to White veterans, with younger individuals in this population at a particularly high risk of suicidal ideation.
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