News coverage associating cyberbullying with suicide alerts schools and families to the risks of technology use. However, repeated and overly simplistic news coverage of suicide may have serious consequences.
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Public opinion research is a tool for policy advocacy to reduce health disparities. What do US city mayors and health commissioners think and know about health disparities in their cities?
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Long-spell poverty is associated with lower academic performance, but research by Han et al. also found that children of immigrants were doing as well as, if not better than, children with native-born parents in certain areas like math.
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Household health/safety hazards like rodents, exposed electrical wiring, and mold may be an important, yet often overlooked risk factor for early involvement in delinquency.
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We must carefully avoid making assumptions about patient preferences regarding advance care planning based on race or other cultural attributes.
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Sexual violence on college campuses has been a focus of research and activism for decades, but most of the work and statistics on campus sexual assault focus on undergraduate students.
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Intimate partner violence (IPV) affects millions of Americans every year. New research is uncovering that marijuana may reduce the risk of violence between intimate partners.
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Emerging evidence suggests that special types of video games, called games for health, can change health behavior. Squire’s Quest! II aims to help fourth and fifth graders eat more fruit and vegetables.
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Merrill and colleagues identified two risk factors, measured before college, associated with students reporting higher frequencies of blackouts during the first two years of college.
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Five Borough Farm Project, an initiative launched in 2009, brought urban farmers, designers, and policy makers together, using design thinking to expand urban agriculture in New York City.
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