September marks Suicide Prevention Awareness Month; University of Michigan researchers are using new methods that go beyond the numbers to shape understanding and prevention.Every September, Suicide P...

Low childhood socioeconomic status (SES) is associated with increased risk for psychopathology, because in part of heightened exposure to environmental adversity. Adverse experiences can be…

Are Medicaid policies that reimburse hospitals for immediate postpartum long-acting reversible contraception (LARC) associated with increased provision of this service? In this cross-sectional study…

Existing literature documents connections between short birth spacing (birth-to-conception interval of under 18 months) and the risk of child maltreatment, but explanations for this relation are…

ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT06179043.

Even when accounting for changing patient characteristics over time, PDPM implementation was associated with substantial declines in therapy provision, particularly in for-profit and rural SNFs.…

Background Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are common in emerging adulthood, yet barriers to care are not well understood. Objective To examine perceived barriers to UTI care among emerging adults,…

Research and media discussion of police contact routinely conceptualize it as time-constrained interactions between officers and civilians. However, extant literature documents preparation for…

<span><b>Objectives.</b> To create a comprehensive, publicly available data set of state-level nonfatal firearm injury inpatient hospitalizations (NFIIHs) in the United States from 2000 to 2021.…

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<span><b>Objectives.</b> To determine if street cleaning interventions reduce gun violence and street crime. <b>Methods.</b> We conducted a stratified randomized controlled trial of 300 high gun violence street segments in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as...

Research 2 Jun 2026 Social Networks Outsmart Cognitive Biases A new study shows how herding in networks makes populations more rational. In 2010, the New York City-based restaurant Serendipity 3 revealed its $69 hot dog, winning the Guinness World Recor...

Trust is important in influencing health care-seeking behaviors, though the causal direction warrants further research. There is a need for targeted strategies to build and sustain trust in health…

Reviewing two decades of research on health, disability, and care in the United States

Gendered racial microaggressions refer to subtle, yet psychologically injurious, interpersonal experiences rooted in racial and gender oppression. As a manifestation of gendered racism, Black women…

Fatal police shooting rates vary greatly across U.S. states, and states with higher firearm ownership rates tend to have higher rates of police shootings. Yet, despite well-documented national racial…

Both the duration of maternal screen use and screen-related parenting practices, for both TV and mobile devices, should be considered when promoting healthy screen use in toddlers in Mexican American…

Concerns about vaccine safety and efficacy and institutional trust are well-established determinants of vaccine uptake, yet little is known about the extent to which institutional trust buffers or…

The rapid expansion of digital health during COVID-19 transformed healthcare delivery, offering new opportunities for remote care. However, health access remains inequitable, with barriers such as…

Our findings, based on multiple assessment methods (self-report and language use), indicate that grandchild contact is associated with increases in specific self-reported emotions, which are also…

Jessica Calarco’s research focuses on education, families, and health decision-making. Broadly speaking, she is interested in the structures of power and privilege that maintain socioeconomic, racial,...

Mortality Trends Among Early Adults in the United States, 1999-2023

State Medicaid methadone coverage was strongly associated with higher odds that PWID utilized MOUD, suggesting that expanding methadone insurance coverage could improve MOUD treatment in a vulnerable…

The prevalence of provider-documented AUD in primary care was highest in AI/AN men and women and lowest in Asian men and women. Findings of lower prevalence of provider-documented AUD in Black and…

The present study examines the interaction between household chaos, parental control, and parental rejection/acceptance (i.e., warmth) in predicting adolescent executive function (EF) skills in a…

Research on end-of-life (EOL) planning has largely focused on heterosexual couples, overlooking the experiences of sexual minority spouses. Using dyadic data from the Health and Relationships…

Parental support is associated with improved health of transgender, nonbinary and gender expansive (TNGE) youth. However, parents struggle to find support in navigating gender-affirming care with…

Policies should prioritize integrating interventions addressing housing instability and economic insecurity into patient-centered care across active addiction, treatment, and recovery to promote…

Gender scholars have debated whether the recent movement toward a more equal division of domestic labor is stalling. Using a differential convergence perspective, the authors argue that examining…

Person-centered perinatal health care is associated with feeling empowered to advocate with health care providers during prenatal care, birth, and postpartum. Effective communication and autonomy are…