2025
Breast Cancer Diagnoses are Increasing among Racial and Ethnic Minority Women in the U.S., Esther Oshaji
Older Women in the U.S. Were Lonelier Than Men During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Qiyu Deng
How Does the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) Impact Time Spent Assisting Adults?, Anna Wiersma Strauss
Grandparents in the U.S. are Providing More Support to Their Grandchildren Now Than in the Past, Hyeonji Cho
Disability Measures Used in U.S. Federal Surveys Significantly Underreport Disability Status, Nastassia Vaitsiakhovich, Scott D. Landes, Jean P. Hall, and Bonnielin K. Swenor
How Do Gender and Marital Status Impact High-Risk Polysubstance Use?, Kira England and Alexander Chapman
Increased Suicidality Risk among Adolescents with an Active-Duty Sibling or Parent in the United States, Andrew S. London and Kevin M. Antshel
Behavioral Science-Based “Nudges” Could Increase Physical Activity among Adolescents with ADHD, Hannah Patnaik, Andrew S. London, and Kevin M. Antshel
Hospital Travel Times are Too Long in Rural Puerto Rico, Catherine García
Do Schools Have the Capacity to Provide Free Meals to Every Student?, Michah W. Rothbart, Jeehee Han, and Zac Reeves
What Factors Influenced COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy? Evidence from Social Media, Huseyin Zeyd Koytak
More Police Spending is Linked to Higher Opioid Overdose Mortality Rates, Michah W. Rothbart, Zoe Lindenfeld, Amanda I. Mauri, and Diana Silver
2024
Seasonal Pollen Increases Traffic Fatalities in the United States, Monica Deza
What Factors Contribute to Racial Disparities in Asthma Prevalence in the United States?, Ali Jones and Marc A. Garcia
Political Polarization Harms Public Health, Shana Kushner Gadarian, Jay Van Bavel, Kai Ruggeri, and Eric Knowles
To Reduce Mental Illness Stigma among Emergency Medical Service Clinicians, Agencies Must Value Workers’ Psychological Safety and Health, Bryce Hruska, Maria L. Pacella La-Barbara, and Marley S. Barduhn
It is Time to Stop Using the Washington Group Questions to Measure Disability in U.S. Federal Surveys, Scott D. Landes, Bonnielin K. Swenor, and Jean P. Hall
Differences in Happiness and Perceived Meaning in Life between U.S. Working-Age Adults with versus without a Self-Care Disability, Nastassia Vaitsiakhovich, Scott D. Landes, and Shannon M. Monnat
How Can America Support the Health of its Diverse Aging Population?, Catherine García, Lauren L. Brown, and Marc A. Garcia
America is Unprepared to Meet the Needs of its Growing Older Adult Population, Sierra Kaplan
Which Types of People Were Least Likely to Get the COVID-19 Vaccine?, Xue Zhang and Shannon M. Monnat
How Did Cognitive Status Impact Health Care Use Among Older Adults During the COVID-19 Pandemic?, Katarina Sako and Janet Wilmoth
Suicide Rates are Lower in Places with More Social Infrastructure, Xue Zhang, Danielle Rhubart, and Shannon M. Monnat
States’ COVID-19 Restrictions were Associated with Increases in Drug Overdose Deaths in 2020, Douglas A. Wolf, Shannon M. Monnat, Jennifer Karas Montez, Emily E. Wiemers, and Elyse Grossman
The U.S. Military Does Not Adequately Prepare Members for Transition from Service, Emily Graham
How Does Educational Attainment Influence the Perceived Need for Future Assistance with Activities of Daily Living?, Julia M. Finan
Adopting the Standard Medical Deduction Increased State SNAP Enrollment and Benefits, Yuwei Zhang, Jun Li, Dongmei Zhu, and Colleen Heflin
Spending Time Socializing in Bars Increases the Risk of Heavy Drinking, Danielle Rhubart, Jennifer Kowalkowski, and Yiping Li
Older Adults are at Greater Risk of Opioid Use Disorder in Communities with High Social Vulnerability, Tse-Chuan Yang, Seulki Kim, Stephen A. Matthews, and Carla Shoff
A Fork in the Road: Uncovering the Impact of Industrial Animal Agriculture on the Physical Health of Communities of Color, Mariana Zepeda
Waiving SNAP Interviews during the COVID-19 Pandemic Increased SNAP Caseloads, Colleen Heflin, William Fannin, Leonard M. Lopoo, and Siobhan O'Keefe
Cognitive Functioning is Higher among Older Adults in Walkable Neighborhoods that Have Low Economic Disadvantage, Tse-Chuan Yang, Seulki Kim, Seung-won Emily Choi, Shannon Halloway, Uchechi A. Mitchell, and Benjamin A. Shaw
Infant Mortality Rates Vary Substantially across Regions of the United States, Marissa Merrifield
What Factors Increase Risk of Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementia?, Elizabeth Vásquez and Kai Zhang
Black Women Have the Highest Maternal Mortality Rate in the United States, Tori-Ann Haywood
Are We Accurately Counting the Disabled Population in the United States?, Nastassia Vaitsiakhovich, Scott D. Landes, and Bonnielin K. Swenor
Pain Limits Family Caregivers’ Daily Activities, Shelbie G. Turner, Karl A. Pillemer, Jamie Robinson, and M. Cary Reid
Why is Food Insecurity High among U.S. Grandparents who are Caring for Grandchildren?, Madonna Harrington Meyer and Anna Delapaz
Asian Americans Have Relatively Low Anxiety but Experienced Large Increases in Anxiety between 2020 and 2022, Tianqi Zhou
Cognitive Functioning among U.S. Older Adults Differs by Gender and Urbanicity, Elizabeth Lawrence, Samantha John, and Tirth Bhatta
2023
The Federal Government Must Revise Public Housing Policies to Protect Vulnerable Populations from Evictions, Caroline Grabowski
Bridging the Gap: Reducing Disparities in Reproductive Healthcare for Black and White Women, Emma Weiden
Stronger Regulations on Air Pollution Could Reduce Cardiovascular Disease Mortality Rates, Yue Sun
Behavioral Science Interventions Could Increase SNAP Comprehension and Awareness Among Military Families, Colleen Heflin, Hannah Patnaik, Leonard M. Lopoo, and Siobhan O'Keefe
Serving Those Who Served: Renegotiating Support and Benefits for U.S. Military Veterans with Less than Honorable Discharges, Mariah Brennan and Emily Graham
Sexual Minorities are More Depressed and Anxious than Heterosexuals in the U.S., Especially among Women, Joshua Grove
COVID-19 Mortality Rates were Higher in States that Limited Governments from Enacting Public Health Emergency Orders, Xue Zhang, Mildred E. Warner, and Gen Meredith
ACA Medicaid Expansions Did Not Significantly Improve Maternal Morbidity, Pinka Chatterji, Hanna Glenn, Sara Markowitz, and Jennifer Karas Montez
Older Adults with a History of Psychiatric Conditions Experience More Cognitive Decline than Older Adults Without this History, Maria T. Brown and Miriam Mutambudzi
Democratic Erosion Predicts Rising Deaths from Drug Poisoning and Infectious Disease, Jennifer Karas Montez, Kent Jason G. Cheng, and Jacob M. Grumbach
Collegiate Recovery Programs are An Effective But Underused Resource on College Campuses, Emily Graham
How Did Healthcare Affordability Change for U.S. Adults with Intellectual Disability After the Implementation of the Affordable Care Act?, Nastassia Vaitsiakhovich
Medicaid-Insured Older Adults on SNAP May Have Stronger Medication Adherence, Colleen Heflin, Chinedum O. Ojinnaka, Irma A. Arteaga, Leslie Hodges, and Gabriella Alphonso
Financial Rewards Tied to Quality Measures Lead Home Health Agencies to Exaggerate Their Improvements, Jun Li and Meher Chahal
Opioid Treatment Programs Can Reduce Opioid-Related Emergency Department Visits and Foster Care Placements, Lindsey Rose Bullinger, Vivian Wang, and Kenneth A. Feder
The Opioid Epidemic Has Disrupted Children’s Living Arrangements, Mónica L. Caudillo, Andres Villarreal, and Philip N. Cohen
How has the Opioid Overdose Crisis Affected Child Maltreatment in the U.S.?, Alexander Chapman
Over Two-Thirds of Opioid Overdose Victims in Canada were Employed Before They Died, Alexander Cheung, Joseph Marchand, and Patricia Mark
U.S. Counties with Higher Drug Overdose Rates Have Lower School Test Scores, Rajeev Darolia, Sam Owens, and John Tyler
Counties with Higher Prescription Opioid Presence Have Slower Student Learning Rates, Jessica Drescher and Carrie Townley-Flores
The OxyContin® Reformulation in 2010 Increased States’ Food Insecurity Rates, Colleen Heflin and Xiaohan Sun
How Has the Opioid Crisis Affected Health, Health Care Use, and Crime in the United States?, Johanna Catherine Maclean, Justine Mallatt, Christopher J. Ruhm, and Kosali Simon
Which Demographic Groups and Which Places Have the Highest Drug Overdose Rates in the U.S.?, Shannon M. Monnat
What is the Effect of Opioid Use During Pregnancy on Infant Health and Wellbeing at Birth?, Jessica Pac, Christine Durrance, Lawrence Berger, and Deborah Ehrenthal
Federal Medication-Assisted Treatment Expansion Grants Do Not Reduce Homelessness, Andrew Sullivan and Changwe Park
Children in Economically Disadvantaged Households Have Lower Early Literacy Skills than their Higher-Income Peers, Michah W. Rothbart, Colleen Heflin, and Gabriella Alphonso
State COVID-19 Policies that Restricted In-Person Interaction and Provided Economic Support Saved Lives During the First Year of the Pandemic, Yue Sun and Erin Bisesti
CDC Guidelines Hide the Alzheimer Disease Mortality Burden among Adults with Down Syndrome, Scott D. Landes
Exposure to Free School Meals in Kindergarten Has Lasting Positive Effects on Students’ Attendance, Samantha Trajkovski, Amy Ellen Schwartz, and Michah W. Rothbart
The U.S. Should Increase Access to Medication for Opioid Use Disorder Among Incarcerated Individuals, Cody Nagle
The End of the “Chemical Imbalance” Theory of Depression - What Now?, Austin Brown
Food Insecurity is a Common Problem for Military Service Members and their Families, Colleen Heflin and Gabriella Alphonso
How Did COVID-19 School Closures Affect Adolescents with ADHD?, Nandini Jhawar, Ashley Schiros, Andrew S. London, and Kevin Antshel
2022
Mothers of Disabled Children Faced Numerous Challenges During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Amy Lutz, Sujung (Crystal) Lee, and Baurzhan Bokayev
Combating Social Isolation and Loneliness Among Veterans after Separation from Military Service, Emily Graham
How Has Grandparenthood Changed in Rural China?, Merril D. Silverstein
Older Adults on SNAP Experience Gaps in Benefits, Colleen Heflin, Leslie Hodges, Irma A. Arteaga, Chinedum O. Ojinnaka, and Gabriella Alphonso
The Unequal Burden of Long COVID, Marc A. Garcia, Catherine Garcia, and Erin Bisesti
Refugee Gardening: An Opportunity to Improve Economic Conditions, Food Security, and Mental Health, Laura-Anne Minkoff-Zern, Rashmi Gangamma, Bhavneet Walia, and Anna Zoodsma
Limited Cognitive Ability May Reduce SNAP Participation among Older Adults, Colleen Heflin, Dongmei Zuo, and Gabriella Alphonso
Conservative State Policies Contribute to Higher Mortality Rates among Working-age Americans, Jennifer Karas Montez, Nader Mehri, and Shannon M. Monnat
The Cost of Being a Woman: How Race and Education Affect the Gender Pay Gap, Erin Bisesti and Marc A. Garcia
Older Immigrants Are More Likely Than Older Nonimmigrants to Experience Loneliness, Stephanie Zemba and Janet Wilmoth
Does COVID-19 Infection Increase Blood Pressure?, Kevin Heffernan and Andrew Heckel
Sociocultural and Demographic Drivers of Latino Population Health in New York State, Marc A. Garcia, Mara G. Sheftel, Adriana M. Reyes, and Catherine Garcia
Allowing Cities to Mandate Employer Paid Sick Leave Could Reduce Deaths among Working-Age Adults, Douglas A. Wolf, Jennifer Karas Montez, and Shannon M. Monnat
In Rural America, Older Adult Vaccination Rates were Higher in Counties with More Aging and Disability Services, Yue Sun and Danielle Rhubart
Native American Mental Health: Adding Culture to the Conversation, Margaret Rose
Social Support Protected Mental Health during the COVID-19 Pandemic, Jennifer Kowalkowski and Danielle C. Rhubart
Expansions in the U.S. Child Care and Development Block Grant Improved Program Stability, Hyojeong Kim, Colleen Heflin, and Taryn Morrissey
The Chances of Dying Young Differ Dramatically Across U.S. States, Nader Mehri and Jennifer Karas Montez
Resilience is Low among Both Military and Non-Military Populations with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Kelsey Roberts, Janet Wilmoth, and Shannon M. Monnat
COVID-19 Negatively Impacted Health and Social Relationships among Working-Age Adults with Disabilities, Claire Pendergrast and Shannon M. Monnat
Plant-Centered Diets Among Older Adults: The Need for Improved Nutritional Health Messaging, Margaret Rose
Nine Ways Grandparenting is Changing with the COVID-19 Pandemic, Madonna Harrington Meyer
COVID-19 Has Reduced the Latino Mortality Advantage among Older Adults, Marc A. Garcia and Rogelio Sáenz
Civil Rights, Firearm Safety, and Environmental Protection Policies Predict Better Health among U.S. Midlife Adults, Blakelee R. Kemp, Jacob M. Grumbach, and Jennifer Karas Montez
Social Infrastructure (“Third Places”) is Not Distributed Equally Across the U.S., Danielle Rhubart, Yue Sun, Claire Pendergrast, and Shannon M. Monnat
White COVID-19 Deaths Increased More in Red States Than in Blue States in 2021, Rogelio Sáenz and Marc A. Garcia
Mental Health After Injury: How Neighborhoods Impact Recovery, Bryce Hruska, Maria Pacella-Labarbara, Ivan E. Castro, Richard L. George, and Douglas L. Delahanty
