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Understanding Costs of Mobile Units to Address the Overdose Crisis

Guest Authors Joshua Barocas, Yjuliana Tin

Kidfluencing: Profits Over Protection

Fellow Bernadette Carter-Salmond

The Benefits of Quitting Smoking at Different Ages

Fellow Aidan Stotz

Misleading Information About Popular Medical Tests on Social Media

Guest Authors Brooke Nickel, Joshua Zadro

Physician Burnout: When Paperwork Undermines Patient Care

Fellow Mallika Chimpiri

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05.30.2024

The Cost of Counting Sheep: Rethinking the Role of Medication

The sleep aid industry is booming, reflecting a troubling reliance on medication to get a good night's sleep.

Fellow Lia Musumeci

05.23.2024

Rhode Island’s Dashboard Tools for Overdose Response

A three-step approach for building community-focused dashboards to increase accessibility of local health data and lead a data-driven response.

Guest Authors Brandon Marshall, Jesse Yedinak Gray

05.17.2024

Decoding the Violence of Neighborhoods

Prolonged exposure to violence can have profound health implications, affecting individuals and generations.

Fellow Jude Sleiman

04.30.2024 Young Adult Man in Front of Computer Monitor

Reboot, Relapse, Repeat: The Harm of Anti-Pornography Forums

Online forums like NoFap can have negative impacts on participants' mental and physical health.

Fellow Heather Sherr

04.29.2024 Exterior view of a typical American school building

The New School

Diversion programs are perceived by school staff as effective methods to prevent adolescent substance use, but they are not often implemented in school settings. Instead, they turn to punishment-based strategies.

Fellow Lia Musumeci

04.26.2024 illustration of healing hands with tattoo-related artwork in the background, included a butterfly, flowers, and leafy vines

Artful Healing: The Intersection of Tattoo Artistry and Trauma-Informed Care

PHPod sits down with Kat O'Hare, a therapist and tattoo artist in Cambridge, Massachusetts, to discuss tattoo artistry as a practice of body reclamation and healing.

Fellow Kara Schmidt

04.23.2024 Overhead view of First Avenue in New York City

Disparities in Community-Based Naloxone Distribution in New York City

While overdose prevention programs in New York City distributed nearly 80,000 naloxone kits in a single year, some areas of the city face barriers to getting the life saving drug into the hands of people who need it most.

Guest Authors Shayla Nolen, Brandon Marshall

04.19.2024 Wildland firefighter observing fire

Wildland Firefighters: Seasonal Trends in Substance Use

The seasonal stressors faced by wildland firefighters lead to increased rates of binge drinking and tobacco use throughout the year.

Fellow Lia Musumeci

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