New intervention plan linked to lower risk of veteran suicides
A new strategy tested on suicidal military veterans was linked to lower odds they’d engage in suicidal behavior in the following six months.
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Race-based affirmative action: How colleges can achieve diversity without it
Without affirmative action, colleges could still ensure a racially diverse student body if they started giving preference to lower-income students while also urging more minorities to apply, a new analysis suggests.
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Door-to-door canvassing campaigns can sway voter decisions
Door-to-door canvassing campaigns actually work to persuade voters and sway national election outcomes – even when they don’t encourage more people to show up to the polls.
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How the media covers obesity in America
To help reporters consider how best to cover obesity, Journalist’s Resource has summarized the findings of several recent studies on broader trends in the media.
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Ads work. Two studies show what this means for public health
Two new studies show how advertising can help promote healthy or unhealthy behaviors.
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Nearly 2 million U.S. families face financial hardship for ongoing heart care
Nearly 2 million low-income families affected by cardiovascular disease face high or catastrophic financial burdens due to out-of-pocket costs.
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Hopes for the future linked to lower likelihood of violent behavior
Teen boys from low-income neighborhoods in Pittsburgh were less likely to have perpetuated violence if they had goals and hope for the future.
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TV news coverage linked to diminished support for Supreme Court
New research suggests the U.S. Supreme Court lost public support in recent decades partly because TV news coverage has tended to frame its decisions as political or insincere.
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California’s Prop 47 reduced felony drug arrest rates, racial disparities
After the passage of California’s Proposition 47, which reduced criminal penalties for drug possession, felony drug arrest rates declined and racial disparities among these arrests decreased.
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Family separation: How does it affect children?
We’ve gathered research on family separations related to incarceration, immigration, divorce and military deployment.
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