But the first major study to focus on adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) was pmited to a single healthcare system in San Diego. A study pubpshed in JAMA Pediatrics- the largest nationally representative study to date on ACEs一confirms that these experiences are universal, yet highpghts some...
LifeexpectancyintheUnitedStateshasbeen indeclineforthefirsttimeindecades,andpublic healthofficialshaveidentifiedaseriesofpotential causes,includinginaccessiblehealthcare,rising drugaddictionandratesofmentalhealthdisorders,andsocio-economicfactors.Now,astudyled bytheYaleSchoolofMedicinehasattemptedto findouttherelativeim...
Access to Healthcare: African Americans often have less access to quality healthcare and experience higher rates of chronic illnesses and lower life expectancy. Environmental Racism: Communities of color are more likely to be situated in areas with environmental hazards, contributing to poorer health o...
Mining boomed, workers suffered in appalling conditions, producing the materials that fired industrial production in Europe and America. In World War I men on the Western Front and elsewhere did the dying, but it was Congo’s minerals that did the kill...
“This habit is key because it's what you'll build on to prevent yourself from getting into more debt in the future,” she says. After all, why did you go into debt in the first place? You didn’t have enough in savings, so you relied too much on credit cards and taking out l...
Figures for age, gender, education, income, employment and region were weighted to bring them into line with their actual proportions in the population. Here are three key findings from Weave’s survey and what home service pros can do to reach the booming group of America’s newest...
need to care for their grandmother living with Alzheimer’s; a teenager missing school to care for her disabled sister because her parents don’t have paid leave; or an 18-year-old stays home to support their disabled brothers because there are no direct care workers in their rur...
Everyone has a different relationship with risk. Your risk tolerance might also vary from one aspect of your life to another. When it comes to your health, you want to make sure you feel secure in whatever way that means to you.
Our participants’ clear expression of the centrality of mental health care to their prenatal health guided our decision to focus on mental health as a necessary pillar of any group prenatal care intervention designed to mitigate perinatal healthcare disparities in this paper. Three themes related to...
Rachel envies Colin's time at home. Most of her girlfriends are stay-at-home moms who take turns hosting playdates when their kids are off. These moms go to every school event, every social function,play pickleball five days a week, and don't seem to have a care in the world. When...