Databyte Archives

07.07.2020 a graph of a number of people with different colored dots

Fostering Mortality

Attention to the special needs of foster children will be necessary to prevent the trailing effects of trauma and premature death.

Fellow Pat Williams

07.02.2020 a map of the united states

Health Equity

Narrowing the Digital Divide

Telemedicine is often lauded as a solution for delivering care to medically-underserved areas, but most vulnerable rural groups do not have internet access.

Fellow Gray Babbs

06.25.2020 a graph of different colored lines

Stigmatizing Abortion

When peers are unsupportive, discriminatory, or judgmental and stigmatize abortion, pregnant women experience high rates of depression, anxiety, and stress.

Fellow Pat Williams

06.23.2020 a graph of a number of people with different colored lines

Missed Hepatitis C

Largely due to the opioid epidemic, hepatitis C infection rates among pregnant women in the US have tripled since the 1990s.

Fellow Tasha McAbee

06.16.2020 a graph of a number of months and months

EMS for a Climate Emergency

In addition to its toll on individual health, new research suggests that extreme heat impacts the activity of emergency workers.

Fellow Gray Babbs

06.09.2020 a graph of injury deaths

Health Equity

Men Hard at Work

The gender disparity in workplace fatalities has remained steady for the past 30 years. Why do so many more men die than women?

Fellow Gray Babbs

06.04.2020 a graph of cancer survivors

Cost of Survival

The higher prevalence of financial struggle among younger cancer survivors provides additional evidence that health insurance protects against hardship.

Fellow Tasha McAbee

06.02.2020 a diagram of a state

Change of State

Analysis of Google location history revealed how effective emergency declaration, social distancing, and shelter-in-place were at influencing behavior.

Fellow Tasha McAbee

05.28.2020 a graph of a line graph

Restoring LGBTQ Health

By the end of 2015, nearly 60% of LGBTQ people reported at least 14 poor health days after the passage of a Religious Freedom Restoration Act in Indiana.

Fellow Edward Alexander

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