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02.14.2024 line graph depicting active social media use and incidence of emotional problems across gender identities

Social Media Safety

While spending less time on social media might be a positive experience for young cisgender people, it can cause an increase in depression and anxiety among trans and nonbinary youths.

Fellow Kara Schmidt

02.12.2024 bar graph depicting the availability of information about abortions versus colonoscopies on hospital websites

Abortion Scavenger Hunt

On many hospitals' websites, information about abortion services is often hidden, if even available at all, creating an additional barrier for those seeking care.

Fellow Caroline Dignard

02.07.2024 scatter plot graph depicting racial differences in street possession arrests before and after decriminalization efforts went into effect, comparing Black individuals with those of all other races in Baltimore, MD.

scatter plot graph depicting racial differences in street possession arrests before and after decriminalization efforts went into effect, comparing Black individuals with those of all other races in Baltimore, MD.

Decoding Decriminalization

Decriminalization can reduce drug-related arrests and improve racial equity, but it does not fully eliminate structural racism from arrest practices.

Fellow Adna Jaganjac

02.02.2024 line graph showing how more first aid kits equipped with tourniquets leads to greater survival rates in the case of an emergency

Health Equity

Tourni-Kit Tactics

When emergency strikes, having first aid kits equipped with tourniquets easily accessible and in greater supply can literally be a matter of life and death.

Fellow Sean Hagan

02.01.2024 line graph depicting percentage of respondents ranking substance use disorder-related problem areas, including overdose, as both their greatest concern and the least capacity to address

line graph depicting percentage of respondents ranking substance use disorder-related problem areas, including overdose, as both their greatest concern and the least capacity to address

Understanding Overdose Deaths and Polysubstance Use in Rural America

Most substance use is polysubstance use, which complicates treatment and overdose prevention efforts, especially in rural America.

Fellow Kara Schmidt

01.31.2024 line graph depicting the proportion of health centers offering onsite contraception by Choose Well participation status in South Carolina vs Alabama

line graph depicting the proportion of health centers offering onsite contraception by Choose Well participation status in South Carolina vs Alabama

Beyond Abortion Bans: Choose Well and Access to Contraception

After the Dobbs v. Jackson decision, Choose Well, a state initiative to reduce unintended pregnancies in South Carolina, greatly improved access to contraception, particularly IUDs, which increased from just 37% of clinics offering them to over 85%.

Fellow Adna Jaganjac

01.29.2024 Two line graph depicting the associations of weekly air pollution exposure with gestational age. Top graph shows nitrogen dioxide exposure and the bottom graph shows particulate matter exposure.

Two line graph depicting the associations of weekly air pollution exposure with gestational age. Top graph shows nitrogen dioxide exposure and the bottom graph shows particulate matter exposure.

Smoggy Beginnings

Exposure to air pollution, such as nitrogen dioxide and particulate matter (PM2.5), during critical times in pregnancy can lower birth weight by 1.4 ounces and 0.33 ounces, respectively.

Fellow Caroline Dignard

01.23.2024 (on left) Timing of first exclusionary school discipline (ESD) event: among all students, pattern of average GPA by year of first ESD event. (on right), Repeat annual ESD events: among students whose first ESD was in year 1

(on left) Timing of first exclusionary school discipline (ESD) event: among all students, pattern of average GPA by year of first ESD event. (on right), Repeat annual ESD events: among students whose first ESD was in year 1

Excluded from the Honor Roll

Black and Latine students experience expulsions or suspensions from school more often than their peers, facing nearly 10 and 3 times more exclusionary punishments than White students, respectively.

Fellow Caroline Dignard

01.22.2024 Average uninsurance rates among nonelderly adults in Medicaid expansion and nonexpansion states, by redline category and race and ethnicity, 2009–13 and 2015–19

Average uninsurance rates among nonelderly adults in Medicaid expansion and nonexpansion states, by redline category and race and ethnicity, 2009–13 and 2015–19

Expanding Equity

Medicaid expansion had the largest impact on lowering uninsurance rates in states with the greatest amount of historical redlining practices.

Fellow Sean Hagan

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