Research Archives

12.05.2022 hand filling out unemployment benefits form and mask

Health Equity

Racial and Ethnic Differences in Pandemic Unemployment Benefits

Unemployment benefits expansion during the COVID-19 pandemic reinforced racial and ethnic disparities.

Guest Authors Don Mar, Paul Ong, Tom Larson, James Peoples

12.01.2022 Hands holding red ribbon

Know Your Status

Focus group participants reported stigmatizing behavior about being tested for HIV, and among health care providers when seeking HIV testing.

Fellow Connor McCombs

11.28.2022 red telephone on blue background

Calling Crisis Intervention Teams

Half of U.S. counties did not have access to crisis intervention team services in 2020, highlighting a particular need in rural counties.

Guest Author Helen Newton

11.23.2022 prison bars

Polluted Prisons

Do zip codes with prisons have higher toxic contamination than zip codes without prisons?

Fellow Abby Outterson

11.22.2022 Syringes on blue background

Mental & Behavioral Health
Substance Use

Syringe Programs Reduce Harm in Rural Kentucky

Syringe exchange programs can reduce new infectious disease diagnoses in rural areas, researchers determined from Kentucky Medicaid data.

Guest Authors Matthew Walton, Kailyn Conner, Cameron Bushling, Angela Taylor

11.21.2022 worker takes a wastewater sample

The Wisdom of Wastewater

Wastewater sampling studies can detect how contagious a disease is in addition to tracking the presence of virus or bacteria in a community.

Fellow Barbara Espinosa

11.17.2022 brown bag of healthy groceries

Health Equity
Nutrition

Nursing Healthy Eating

Several factors contribute to healthy eating for people who use food banks, and nurses may help navigate barriers.

Fellow Barbara Espinosa

11.15.2022 note on computer reminder to schedule colonoscopy

Cancer Screening in Low-Income Neighborhoods

Researchers studied neighborhood and individual factors that influenced cancer screening among diverse, socio-economically disadvantaged, and underserved Philadelphia area residents.

Fellow Barbara Espinosa

11.09.2022 girl standing on scale

Childhood Weight Affects Puberty Timing

Childhood obesity, a known risk factor for early puberty in girls, is also a risk factor in boys.

Guest Author Ai Kubo

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