Databyte Archives

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

05.26.2020 a map of different colored states

Health Equity

Segregating Access to Care

Black Americans are at a higher risk of failing to receive needed care compared to Hispanics or Latinos and Whites because of distance to trauma centers.

Fellow Pat Williams

05.20.2020 a pie chart with text

Health Equity

Transit Workers' Right to Pee

OSHA’s loose guidelines on restroom access do not sufficiently protect workers from health risks posed by limited restroom access.

Fellow Gray Babbs

05.05.2020 a graph of the number of years

Philadelphia Reduces Tobacco Use

Tobacco use has declined over the past 50 years in the United States, but not at the same speed for minorities and people with low incomes.

Fellow Edward Alexander

04.21.2020 a graph of different colored lines

Our Price for Prisons

Whole communities are afflicted by incarceration, and the criminal justice system may harm the communities they supposedly protect.

Fellow Edward Alexander

04.17.2020 a graph with colored lines and arrows

Take the Time You Need

Criminal reporting policies should consider expanding to a 120-hour window for all physical injuries from sexual assault.

Fellow Tasha McAbee

04.14.2020 a graph with arrows pointing to a red line

Smoking Sticks in the Sticks

Rural youth have 50 percent higher odds of smoking than their urban peers. Without intervention, rural adolescents will bear more of smoking's consequences.

Fellow Gray Babbs

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