Citizenship and Heat-Related Mortality
A recent study by researchers at the National Center for Environmental Health assessed whether non-US citizens have a higher risk of heat-related death than US citizens.
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US Health Care System Exacerbates Income Inequality
In 2014, over 7 million Americans fell beneath the federal poverty line after medical expenses were subtracted from their income.
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How Cities Can Reduce Neighborhood Violence
Alcohol outlets are closely associated with violent crime. CityHealth identified local control of alcohol outlets as one of nine policies that cities can use to improve the health of their residents in areas of everyday life.
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Don’t Forget about the Kids: Children and Migration
The integration of immigrant children into the United States health system has important implications for the health and well-being of all Americans.
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Pollution Type and Low Birth Weight
A California state-wide study measured how different concentrations and types of pollution impact low birth weight across the state.
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Rethinking Successful Aging: The Happiness of Older Hispanics
Hispanics, particularly immigrants, are more satisfied with their lives than any other group of older Americans, including Whites.
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Wisdom in Aging: It’s All Relative
Generic and idealistic constructs of wisdom and aging may not be meaningful in practice. Wisdom is in the eye and ear of the beholder.
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Marketing Mental Health
How can mental health interventions reach more vulnerable children? Leave jargon at the door and make findings more user-friendly to patients and clinicians.
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Good Sleep? Not in Some Neighborhoods
Recent research by Fuller-Rowell and colleagues measured the degree to which neighborhood disadvantages might account for different sleep experiences between White and Black communities.
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Are We Doing Enough to Support LGBTQ Students?
Implementation of policies supporting the LGBTQ students is slow and incomplete.
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