Delaying School Start Times
Later school start times improve academic performance and mental and physical health for adolescents, as well as safety for the general public.
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Public Opinion on Firearms In Public
Some state legislatures are working to loosen regulations around carrying firearms in public. The majority of Americans actually support limiting where and how guns should be carried.
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Female Caregivers and Workforce Nonparticipation
Research shows that an overwhelming majority of Americans out of the workforce are women with a high school education or less, and about half of these women cite caregiving as the reason.
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Prioritizing Adolescent Health
According to the WHO, adolescents make up around one fifth of most countries’ population. Investing in adolescent health can be both impactful and cost effective for generations to come.
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Note from the Field: Using Self-Care to Restore Compassion
Compassion helps public health workers face human suffering every day, but compassion fatigue and numbness can set in if public health professionals neglect their own health and self-care.
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Masculinit(ies) & Suicide: What’s Next?
Suicide rates are getting worse, and men continue to bear the brunt of the tragedy.
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Enabling (or Constraining) Progress for Women
Progress for women’s development is slow. An initiative funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is working to more effectively address gender-based gaps.
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Older Moms
Shifting social and cultural norms continue to alter patterns of motherhood. The rate of women having babies for the first time in their 30s has risen steadily since 1975.
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Are Employees Using Their Benefits?
Research by Bruce W. Sherman and colleagues found that employees receiving a lower wage were less likely to seek out preventative care despite having the insurance to cover it.
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Disparity and Dental Therapy
Dentist visits can strike fear into the hearts of even the toughest of people. While some avoid the scraping and poking by choice, others are kept from their yearly recommended check-ups because of high costs and a lack of insurance.
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