Research Archives

05.11.2018 a x-ray of a human teeth

Health Equity

Emergency Departments: Safety Nets for Dental Care?

Emergency departments are often referred to as “safety nets” for low-income and uninsured patients. Accessing dental care can be difficult for patients who are not privately insured.

Fellow Chrissy Packtor

05.07.2018 Close-up of safety on a gun with the words Fire and Safe

Lock, Stock, and Store Your Smoking Barrels

A survey by Crifasi and colleagues of 1,444 US gun owners looked at storage methods and the factors that influence owners' attitudes, perceptions, and gun storage practices.

Fellow Erin Polka

04.30.2018 Telephone wires and digital cable connectors

Health Equity

Digital Divide Hinders Health-Promoting Technologies

New health technologies such as patient portals often require quality internet access, but there is a digitial divide: over 24 million Americans do not have high-speed internet.

Guest Authors Adam Perzynski, Kristen Berg

04.27.2018 a silver car on top of a white dice

Health Equity

Modeling Social Status and Eating Behavior With Monopoly

A pilot study by Cardel and colleagues looks for a link between a person’s sense of resources and privilege and their eating, a potential pathway to obesity.

Guest Author Jacqueline Rocheleau

04.26.2018 a group of human arms

Health Equity

From Making Lists to Making Change

Simply teaching medical trainees about the social determinants of health may not be enough. The ways in which the SDOH are often framed—as facts to be known rather than conditions to be changed—may in fact uphold inequities.

Guest Authors Malika Sharma, Andrew Pinto, Arno Kumagai

04.25.2018 a balance scale with a chain

A New Court System to Rehabilitate Veterans

Veterans treatment courts are a hybrid of mental health and drug courts and seek to address the needs of veterans who have been charged with criminal offenses.

Guest Authors Jack Tsai, Emma Odgen

04.20.2018 a plastic bottle with a white cap

BPA: What Comes In Must Come Out

Research suggests that, even when we try to actively avoid BPA-contaminated foods, exposure is inevitable. Both the FDA and FSA report that BPA levels in our food and environment are not cause for concern.

Fellow Erin Polka

04.19.2018 Forest covered mountains surrounding a valley

Water Quality and Public Health in a Thirsty, Crowded World

For municipal dwellers getting water from the tap, there is a cost to water pollution. Urban water treatment costs at the treatment plant depend on the water quality at the city’s source, which in turn depends on the land use in watersheds.

Guest Author Robert McDonald

04.18.2018 Girl holding a folded flag in the snow

Assisting Bereaved US Military Service Children and Spouses

US military duty-related deaths can put military children and widowed spouses at higher risk for complicated grief, PTSD, and depression.

Guest Authors Christin Ogle, Joscelyn Fisher, Stephen Cozza

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