Does work improve health?
…Re-employment Programmes for Unemployed Persons with Severe Mental Health Problems on Health and Quality of Life: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis” van Rijn, Rogier; et al. Occupational & Environmental Medicine,…
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Covering rural America: What reporters get wrong and how to get it right
…agricultural industry are woefully underreported,” Smarsh said. “I mean, the farm bill affects our bodies not just the environment and the people who are raising the food, and I’m not…
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Civic engagement declines when local newspapers shut down
…Daniel; Goodman, Christopher. Journal of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties, 2018. DOI: 10.1080/17457289.2018.1442344. Summary: This study looks at links between the local media environment and turnout in local elections in…
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TV news coverage linked to diminished support for Supreme Court
…we may have entered a news environment, dominated by politicized coverage of the Court, from which we cannot return.” The researchers note that if the Supreme Court had a press…
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Why many sexual assault survivors may not come forward for years
…embarrassment, retaliation from other inmates and a fear of harassment and abuse from other inmates. “The male prison environment thrives on exerting one’s own masculinity,” Levan writes. “Although the assailant…
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Beyond Gab: The widespread social problem of online extremism
…environment like Gab or another fringe media space, these are large portions of American internet users who are consuming this,” he said. “We need to be talking about that far…
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Political polarization increases after local newspapers close
…in the local media environment,” the authors write. The researchers attribute the increasing political polarization not to the loss of information resulting from local newspaper closures but rather to the…
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How journalists cover mass shootings: Research to consider
…from a good environment.” When journalists reported a mass shooting was gang related, perpetrators generally were people of color. In these stories, the researchers found that journalists usually referenced the…
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Skydivers don’t need parachutes, scientists don’t actually find
…for the evaluation of most new treatments.” “Our message was to understand trials and research in context, in the clinical environment in which research is conducted,” Yeh said. To this…
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U.S. county health rankings focus on the burden of housing costs
…by many variables, including the physical environment and social and economic factors. “Where we live makes a difference in how well and how long we live,” she said. Marjory Givens,…
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