Research Archives

10.25.2018 Two hearing aids

Hearing Loss is Memory Loss

Asri Maharani and colleagues followed patients for 18 years to measure associations between hearing aid use and episodic memory. Memory loss slowed after participants started using hearing aids.

Fellow Chrissy Packtor

10.24.2018 Toddler crying in a grocery cart

Tantrums in the Snack Aisle

Understanding the dynamic between mothers and children in the snack aisle of a grocery store may provide insight into health promotion efforts about nutrition.

Fellow Sampada Nandyala

10.23.2018 Smartphone with texts cautioning against sexting

Teen Sexting

Teenagers are using technology to explore their sexuality. However, older laws created specifically to address child pornography can be used to prosecute teen sexting.

Fellow Erin Polka

10.22.2018 Black and white photo of bars with a person's silhouette behind them

Opioid Overdose Deaths among the Formerly Incarcerated

The United States has underutilized prevention and treatment strategies in its response to opioid overdose death in people with a history of incarceration.

Guest Author Shabbar I. Ranapurwala

10.18.2018 A prison guard in a guard tower on top of a high prison wall

Prison Employee PTSD

The prison setting is a uniquely challenging work environment, with employees facing constant exposure to threat, violence, and trauma. Prison employees are at high risk for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

Guest Author Lois James

10.17.2018 Confident ICU nurse looking at camera

Health Equity

Nurses Leading Collaborative Care

Martsolf and colleagues assessed the role of nurses in cross-collaborative health care systems, and the ways in which nurses are important to improving community health.

Fellow Sampada Nandyala

10.12.2018 Two hackathon participants sitting at a table in front of a whiteboard with ideas

Health Equity

Hacking Public Health

Everyone loves a hackathon, it seems. How much do hackathons really contribute to solving public health problems? Are they a meaningful new tool, or simply the latest fad?

10.10.2018 a statue of a hand pointing at something

Health Equity

Fieldnotes, Good Guys, and the Culture of HIV Care

Conversations between patients and providers that treat patients as unique individuals can help providers develop care plans to better match their patients' lives.

Guest Authors Gemmae M. Fix, Barbara G. Bokhour

10.09.2018 Map of US showing locations of police violence

Spillover Effects: Police Killings and Black Americans' Mental Health

Black Americans are three times more likely to be killed by police than White Americans, and five times more likely to be killed unarmed. Jacob Bor and colleagues conducted research to measure the mental health impact of police shootings.

Fellow Erin Polka

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