Income, education level, sex, race, ethnicity, employment status, and sexual orientation are all related to health and health outcomes for a number of Americans, according to a new Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report Supplement released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The “CDC Health Disparities and Inequalities Report — United States, […]
Archives for November 2013
Break Up With Tobacco: Campaign Aims to Reduce Smoking Among Gays, Lesbians and Bisexuals
The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health launched an unprecedented new anti-smoking campaign aimed at the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender population, who smoke at more than twice the rate of the heterosexual population in California. Centered around popular nightlife venues and gyms, the innovative “Break Up With Tobacco” campaign combines traditional and experiential […]
Children’s Health Coverage on the Eve of the Affordable Care Act
Georgetown University Center for Children and Families researchers analyzed health insurance data from the Census Bureau’s annual American Community Survey to get a closer look at children’s coverage trends. On the eve of the implementation of the Affordable Care Act coverage expansions, the authors found important lessons from the success the U.S. has had in […]
How Statewide LGB Policies Go From ‘Under Our Skin’ to ‘Into Our Hearts’: Fatherhood Aspirations and Psychological Well-Being Among Emerging Adult Sexual Minority Men
Young gay men who hope one day to be fathers experience psychological distress brought on by policies that ban same-sex marriage and adoption, say researchers at the University of Michigan School of Public Health. Increasingly, public health researchers are providing evidence to show that these types of policies are linked to greater psychological and physiological […]
Age, Stress, and Isolation in Older Adults Living with HIV
Case Western Reserve University researchers were surprised to learn that people younger than 50 years old with HIV feel more isolated and stressed than older people with the disease. They expected their study to reveal just the opposite. “The younger, newly diagnosed individual may not know anyone in their peer group with a chronic illness, much […]
Childhood Trauma is Associated with Severe Clinical Characteristics of Bipolar Disorders
Research confirms a link between childhood trauma and severe symptoms of bipolar disorder in adults. Patients who had experienced childhood trauma had a younger age at onset, were more likely to experience rapid cycling, and had more suicide attempts and depressive episodes than patients who had not, report Monica Aas (University of Oslo, Norway) and co-workers. Moreover, […]