2012 study from Rutgers finds that overly broad definitions of mental illness have resulted in improper categorization of some poor mothers as suffering from psychiatric conditions.
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2012 study from the University of Southern California and University of Texas on peer influence and teenage smoking habits among Hispanic high school students.
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2012 study from Cornell University and University of Wisconsin-Madison in Psychological Science on how poverty levels and perceived discrimination can lead to poorer health.
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2012 study from Princeton University on the number of uninsured Americans who might participate in reform efforts.
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2009 study from Johns Hopkins University and the University of Maryland on racial disparities in U.S. health care.
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2011 study conducted by University of California, Irvine, on the discrepancies between individuals’ reported race at birth and death and the possible role of the cause of death.
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2011 study in the New England Journal of Medicine on the type of neighborhood in which an individual lives and health outcomes.
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2011 study from Harvard University published in the DuBois Review exploring the interaction between stress and public health outcomes, along racial lines.
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2011 study in the journal Pediatrics on the scope of food allergies among U.S. children.
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2011 study by the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Harvard University published in the online journal Plos ONE on impacts of poverty on child brain growth.
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