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For Migrants, the Path to Happiness Often Carries a Traumatic Mental Toll

For Migrants, the Path to Happiness Often Carries a Traumatic Mental Toll

News

Colleagues shine a spotlight on the work of Laura Vargas, who integrates the power of stories with the rigor of science to understand mental health vulnerabilities among Latin American immigrants, so we can improve the development and delivery of appropriate...
Disparities in Adherence to Concussion Clinical Care Recommendations in a Pediatric Population

Disparities in Adherence to Concussion Clinical Care Recommendations in a Pediatric Population

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Daniel Corwin, Kate McDonald, Kristy Arbogast, Christina Master, and colleagues assessed patient factors associated with adherence to follow-up care after pediatric concussion, suggesting future research should identify individual- and system-level barriers to...
Neighborhood segregation, tree cover and firearm violence in 6 U.S. cities, 2015–2020

Neighborhood segregation, tree cover and firearm violence in 6 U.S. cities, 2015–2020

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Gina South, Michelle Kondo, and colleagues simulate the possible effects of tree equity programs in 6 U.S. cities to mitigate structural determinants of firearm violence. Read the full publication
Building Black Wealth — The Role of Health Systems in Closing the Gap

Building Black Wealth — The Role of Health Systems in Closing the Gap

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Gina South and colleagues about the role of health system in closing the racial wealth gap, noting its inextricable link to health outcomes. Read the full publication
STAT: How health systems can truly value Black lives: help close the racial wealth gap

STAT: How health systems can truly value Black lives: help close the racial wealth gap

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Gina South and colleagues penned an op-ed for STAT, suggesting ways health systems can play a role in addressing “one of the most upstream drivers of racial health disparities: the racial wealth gap,” noting that it is difficult to move the needle on...
The Contribution of Neighborhood Characteristics to Psychological Symptom Severity in a Cohort of Injured Black Men

The Contribution of Neighborhood Characteristics to Psychological Symptom Severity in a Cohort of Injured Black Men

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Terry Richmond, Marta Bruce, and colleagues examined how neighborhood characteristics impact the recovery of Black men following a traumatic injury. Severity of PTSD and depressive symptoms was associated with neighborhood crime/violence/vacancy and neighborhood...
Rethinking “recidivism” in firearm injury research and prevention

Rethinking “recidivism” in firearm injury research and prevention

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Sara Jacoby led a commentary that argues “recidivism” as a less than ideal metric for evaluating success in tertiary firearm injury prevention, as well as the insinuation it makes about racialized criminality and how it reinforces stigma. Read the full...
Historical redlining and the epidemiology of present-day firearm violence in the United States: A multi-city analysis

Historical redlining and the epidemiology of present-day firearm violence in the United States: A multi-city analysis

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Chris Morrison, Sara Jacoby, and colleagues add a layer of understanding to the impact of historical racist redlining practices on present day firearm violence by assessing the relationship in different cities and the dose-responsive relationship on a zip code level....
Medical Schools as Racialized Organizations: How Race-Neutral Structures Sustain Racial Inequality in Medical Education—a Narrative Review

Medical Schools as Racialized Organizations: How Race-Neutral Structures Sustain Racial Inequality in Medical Education—a Narrative Review

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Gina South and colleagues provide a narrative review on the role of race and racism in medical training, highlighting organizational factors from the entrance into medical through the residency application process, and how it impacts trainees and medical...
Compounding Trauma: the Intersections of Racism, Law Enforcement, and Injury

Compounding Trauma: the Intersections of Racism, Law Enforcement, and Injury

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PISC Trainee Joanelle Bailey and PISC Senior Scholars Sara Jacoby and Elinore Kaufman published a narrative review that explores the major impacts of law enforcement on health, its intersections with US structural racism, and their joint impacts on traumatic injury...
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