Child cognitive development and socioeconomic status: What do we know?
2015 study in Nature Neuroscience showing the relationship between a child’s family income and parental education levels and the amount of brain surface area.
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School climates, suicide and gay and lesbian students: Research on LGBT and youth education
2014 research in American Journal of Public Health analyzing pooled data on sexual orientation and suicide-related outcomes, specifically those relating to ideation, planning, and attempts.
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Homelessness in the United States: Trends and demographics
Review of new federal report and other studies relating to the homeless population in the United States and providing insight into demographic characteristics and trends.
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Native Americans, public health and well-being: Research roundup and key data
2014 review of studies and reports that provide insight into public health issues with Native Americans living in urban areas and on tribal lands in the United States.
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Global health goals: Mixed evidence and troubling patterns of inequality
2014 study from the World Bank and Erasmus University, Rotterdam, analyzing public health gains by developing nations and weighing evidence of growing inequality on some measures.
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Jim Crow and premature mortality among African-Americans
2014 study in Epidemiology examining the effects of the state- and county-level racial segregation laws known as Jim Crow on the overall health in the U.S. black population.
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Gender, education and conflict in Sub-Saharan Africa: Research roundup
2014 roundup of academic and governmental research and statistics on girls’ education in Nigeria and other nations in Sub-Saharan Africa.
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The risk of breathing polluted air from freeways and high-traffic areas: Research brief
2013 research overview on the impact of automotive pollution on human health, by Doug Brugge of Tufts Medical School and the Scholars Strategy Network.
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Obesity and all-cause mortality among black adults and white adults
2012 study in the American Journal of Epidemiology that finds health risks are different in terms of obesity for African-American and white adults.
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Gender differences in the salaries of physician researchers
2012 study in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) highlighting the differences in pay among male and female members of the medical profession.
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