A Second Helping of Air Pollution
Excited for home-cooked food during the holiday season, when indoor air pollution is at its highest? The air we breathe matters as much as the food we eat.
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What Our Use Will Produce
How we act today will determine whether antibiotics can still be successfully used in the future as the threat of antimicrobial resistance grows.
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Student Debt Blues
Education is a predictor of health, but the financial structure currently in place for student loans is neither cost-effective nor economically sustainable.
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Caregivers’ Culture of Care
Adhering to the traditional family norm of filial obligation has a protective effect on Chinese immigrants’ caregiving burdens.
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Resilience in Recovery
Supportive relationships with parents, caregivers, teachers, and peers are the most robust predictors of resilience in children exposed to violence.
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Just Google It
Searching the internet for abortion services may work for some, but it will leave those living far from an abortion provider without good information.
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Affirmative Action Affects Health
Affirmative action bans may diminish expectations of economic opportunities and perceived returns of staying healthy for underrepresented minorities.
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The Pre-K Story
If pre-kindergarten improves physical health, that might help explain subsequent gains in school performance and outcomes later in life.
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Depression During Development
Accumulating evidence indicates that depression and suicide have increased among US adolescents in the past decade in a historically unprecedented way.
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20 Years of Options in Oregon
Health departments play an important role in providing objective data as states consider legalizing an option to hasten death in terminally-ill patients.
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