Veterans may be more likely to commit suicide during the first year after they leave the military than after more time passes, a U.S. study suggests. Compared with people still on active duty in the military, veterans out of the service for up to three months were 2.5 times more likely to commit suicide, the […]
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A Framework for Educating Health Professionals to Address the Social Determinants of Health
The World Health Organization defines the social determinants of health as “the conditions in which people are born, grow, work, live, and age, and the wider set of forces and systems shaping the conditions of daily life.” These forces and systems include economic policies, development agendas, cultural and social norms, social policies, and political systems. […]
Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Adolescents: Population Estimate and Prevalence of Health Behaviors
This article utilizes the National Youth Risk Behavior Surveys to estimate the number of American high school students who had have sexual contact with only the same sex and those that have had sexual contact with both sexes to help identity the number of LGB youth and their behavioral health outcomes. Population of focus: Lesbian, Gay, […]