Health
Americans walk less frequently and less safely compared to other countries, shows research
A stroll through international statistics about walking reveals the grim reality of foot travel in the United States.
May 19, 2023
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American Journal of Public Health
The American Journal of Public Health is a monthly peer-reviewed medical journal published by the American Public Health Association covering health policy and public health. The journal was established in 1911 and its stated mission is "to advance public health research, policy, practice, and education." The journal occasionally publishes themed supplements. The editor-in-chief is Mary E. Northridge. The journal contains the following departments: The American Journal of Public Health was voted one of the 100 most influential journals in biology and medicine over the last 100 years by Special Libraries Association. According to the Journal Citation Reports, the 2009 impact factor is 4.241, ranking it second out of 95 titles in the category "Public, Environmental and Occupational Health" of the Social Sciences Edition and 9th out of 122 in the same category in the Science Edition. The journal is abstracted and indexed in Ageline, Applied Social Science Index and Abstracts, Biological Abstracts, Chemical Abstracts Service, CINAHL, EMBASE/Excerpta Medica, Food Science and Technology Abstracts, MEDLINE, Psychological Abstracts, PsycINFO, Science Citation Index, Scopus, and Statistical
- Publisher
- American Public Health Association
- Country
- United States
- History
- 1911–present
- Website
- http://www.ajph.org/
- Impact factor
- 4.371 (2009)
Health
Study finds breastfeeding increased by 2 weeks when mothers stayed home during pandemic
U.S. women breastfed their infants for two weeks longer when shelter-in-place directives were in effect for COVID-19 compared to before the pandemic, reports a new study led by UC San Francisco.
May 18, 2023
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Gerontology & Geriatrics
Many elderly people need intensive care in the year before they die, shows Swedish study
Dying is often associated with extensive health and elderly care. A recent study by Marcus Ebeling from the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research and colleagues in Sweden came to this conclusion through a new way ...
May 5, 2023
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Health
Washington state's 2021 heat wave contributed to 159 excess injury deaths over three weeks
Heat is a quiet killer. Unlike most natural disasters, which can leave visible damage across an entire region, a heat wave's effects on human health can be difficult to track. So after record high temperatures struck the ...
Apr 6, 2023
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Health
New study examines compromised test conditions and fraudulent data on PCB products in the 1970s
Chronic toxicity tests conducted by Industrial Bio-Test Laboratories (IBT) on behalf of its client Monsanto Corporation revealed information on certain products of the tobacco, asbestos, and lead industries that were found ...
Mar 16, 2023
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Health
Redlined yesterday, unhealthy today: The link between historic housing discrimination, poor health
Ninety years after the Home Owners' Loan Corporation enacted the discriminatory practice of color-coding neighborhoods by desirability for mortgage lenders, redlined neighborhoods—areas inhabited largely by Black families—continue ...
Mar 16, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Protein biomarkers identified in women who developed perinatal depression and anxiety
Cedars-Sinai investigators found that women who developed mood and anxiety disorders associated with pregnancy and childbirth had specific altered proteins circulating in their bloodstream in the third trimester.
Feb 23, 2023
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Addiction
Study finds 'staggering increase' in methamphetamine deaths tied to opioid co-use
The U.S. methamphetamine mortality rate increased fiftyfold between 1999 and 2021, with most of the added deaths also involving heroin or fentanyl, researchers report in the American Journal of Public Health.
Feb 20, 2023
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Study suggests proactive policing may contribute to racial gap in preterm births
Proactive policing, such as pedestrian and traffic stops, is a crime prevention tactic that relies on police officer discretion to stop and search individuals they consider suspicious. A recently published study in the journal ...
Feb 16, 2023
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Health
Minor consent laws for STI/HIV services increased across US, but limitations persist
As of 2021, all 50 states and Washington, DC allow youth to consent independently to some or all of these services, but the laws remain complex and varied, and confidentiality protections are rare.
Feb 6, 2023
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