Vaccine noncompliance, measles and public information: Research on MMR outbreaks
2015 review of public health and communications research suggesting that messages to address growing noncompliance with vaccines must be modified and tested.
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Affirmative action in university admissions: Research roundup
2013 roundup of recent studies and papers on affirmative action, admissions, campus diversity and racial attitudes at U.S. universities.
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Terrorism sentencing: Challenges for criminal prosecutors in the U.S. and abroad
2015 roundup of academic research and scholarly literature that looks at the challenges that criminal prosecutors in the U.S. and aboard face in determining appropriate prison sentences for those convicted of participating in terrorism-related activities.
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China’s one-child policy: Impacts on adopted girls
2015 report published in Population Studies examines the practice by some Chinese parents of adopting girls and raising them as future wives for their biological sons.
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The health effects and costs of air pollution: Research roundup
2015 review of scholarship on impact of air pollution in the United States, including health effects, economic costs and automotive and transportation causes.
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Legalized gambling: Fiscal impact on U.S. counties
This 2015 study looks at the impacts that legalizing gambling has on the local and state government expenditures and revenues.
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Poverty, fertility and health among Hispanics in America’s new immigrant destinations
2015 research brief on the impact of childhood poverty on immigrants’ adult contributions to American society, by Daniel T. Lichter, Cornell University, and Scott R. Sanders, Brigham Young University.
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How social media influences Millennials’ political views
2015 study from the University of Hawaii that looks at how young adults who are known as “millennials” use social media to inform their political opinions.
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Link between TV viewing time and mortality
2015 meta-analysis published in the American Journal of Epidemiology that explores the link between television viewing time and mortality.
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Does the Internet help more Americans become politically active?
2015 research brief from the Scholars Strategy Network that looks at online political activism and whether the Internet encourages certain groups of people to become more engaged in political activities.
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