Ashton M Verdery,Cayley Ryan-Claytor,Emily Smith-Greenaway,Nilakshi Sarkar,Michelle Livings
{"title":"More Than 1.4 Million US Children Have Lost a Family Member to Drug Overdose.","authors":"Ashton M Verdery,Cayley Ryan-Claytor,Emily Smith-Greenaway,Nilakshi Sarkar,Michelle Livings","doi":"10.2105/ajph.2024.307847","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2105/ajph.2024.307847","url":null,"abstract":"Objectives. To estimate children's exposure to family overdose in the United States. Methods. We used recent demographic kinship modeling advances and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's most recent underlying cause of death estimates to model how many children aged younger than 18 years in 2019 had lost 1 or more parents, siblings, grandparents, aunts or uncles, or cousins to overdose mortality since birth. We calculated the number and proportion of children with such exposures and considered age, cohort, and gender patterning. Results. More than 1.4 million children in the United States, mostly adolescents, experienced a family overdose death, often losing central figures like parents or grandparents. Cohort analyses suggest dramatic increases in these exposures, portending mounting prevalence. Conclusions. Attention to the large population with lives disrupted by overdose deaths should include affected children. The long-arm consequences of the overdose crisis will continue to define the public health landscape for decades. (Am J Public Health. Published online ahead of print September 26, 2024:e1-e4. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2024.307847).","PeriodicalId":7647,"journal":{"name":"American journal of public health","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":12.7,"publicationDate":"2024-09-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142328852","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Vincent Guilamo-Ramos,Francis K Amankwah,Reginald Tucker-Seeley,Valarie Blue Bird Jernigan,Georges C Benjamin
{"title":"Toward Community-Engaged Health Care to Bridge Public Health With Clinical Care.","authors":"Vincent Guilamo-Ramos,Francis K Amankwah,Reginald Tucker-Seeley,Valarie Blue Bird Jernigan,Georges C Benjamin","doi":"10.2105/ajph.2024.307816","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2105/ajph.2024.307816","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7647,"journal":{"name":"American journal of public health","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":12.7,"publicationDate":"2024-09-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142328856","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Mastheads","authors":"","doi":"10.2105/ajph.2024.114.s7.s537-s538","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2105/ajph.2024.114.s7.s537-s538","url":null,"abstract":"American Journal of Public Health, Volume 114, Issue S7, Page S537-S538, October 2024. <br/>","PeriodicalId":7647,"journal":{"name":"American journal of public health","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":12.7,"publicationDate":"2024-09-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142321814","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Subscription Form","authors":"","doi":"10.2105/ajph.2024.114.s7.s616","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2105/ajph.2024.114.s7.s616","url":null,"abstract":"American Journal of Public Health, Volume 114, Issue S7, Page S616-S616, October 2024. <br/>","PeriodicalId":7647,"journal":{"name":"American journal of public health","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":12.7,"publicationDate":"2024-09-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142321812","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Conflicts of Interest","authors":"","doi":"10.2105/ajph.2024.307861","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2105/ajph.2024.307861","url":null,"abstract":"American Journal of Public Health, Volume 114, Issue S7, Page S542-S542, October 2024. <br/>","PeriodicalId":7647,"journal":{"name":"American journal of public health","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":12.7,"publicationDate":"2024-09-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142321469","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
David McDowall,Brian Wiersema,Colin Loftin,Richard McCleary
{"title":"Levels and Changes in Defensive Firearm Use by US Crime Victims, 1987‒2021.","authors":"David McDowall,Brian Wiersema,Colin Loftin,Richard McCleary","doi":"10.2105/ajph.2024.307838","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2105/ajph.2024.307838","url":null,"abstract":"Objectives. To examine levels and temporal changes in the frequency of defensive gun use by US crime victims. Methods. We computed national-level counts of criminal incidents involving firearm defense during 3 periods: 1993 to 2005, 2007 to 2015, and 2016 to 2021. We also considered earlier national estimates for 1987 to 1990. The data came from the US Bureau of Justice Statistics National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS). We counted firearm defenses as incidents in which victims used a gun to threaten or attack an offender. Results. Over the 4 periods, for all crimes, victims reported gun defenses in an average range of between 61 000 and 65 000 incidents per year. This included between 38 000 and 53 000 personal (violent) incidents and between 12 000 and 23 000 household (property) incidents. Conclusions. Firearm defenses occurred at a relatively low and nearly constant level over the 35-year period. Although some victims use guns for defense, these uses are infrequent compared with the incidence of crime. Public Health Implications. The continuing relative rarity of NCVS armed defenses suggests that claims about the protective benefits of widespread firearm ownership may be overstated. (Am J Public Health. Published online ahead of print September 19, 2024:e1-e4. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2024.307838).","PeriodicalId":7647,"journal":{"name":"American journal of public health","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":12.7,"publicationDate":"2024-09-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142273504","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Margaret A Honein,Sonja J Olsen,Daniel B Jernigan,Demetre C Daskalakis
{"title":"Challenges and Opportunities for Wastewater Monitoring of Influenza Viruses During the Multistate Outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N1) Virus in Dairy Cattle and Poultry.","authors":"Margaret A Honein,Sonja J Olsen,Daniel B Jernigan,Demetre C Daskalakis","doi":"10.2105/ajph.2024.307860","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2105/ajph.2024.307860","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7647,"journal":{"name":"American journal of public health","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":12.7,"publicationDate":"2024-09-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142273506","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kristen Underhill,Valerie A Earnshaw,Kimberly M Nelson
{"title":"The Synergistic Health Threats of State Laws Targeting Marginalized Groups in the United States.","authors":"Kristen Underhill,Valerie A Earnshaw,Kimberly M Nelson","doi":"10.2105/ajph.2024.307830","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2105/ajph.2024.307830","url":null,"abstract":"Discriminatory state laws have deleterious effects on the health of socially marginalized groups. Health care clinicians, institutions, researchers, and research funders have tended to view different discriminatory laws in isolation, focusing on particular issues or groups. In contrast, intersectionality calls attention to the overlapping and synergistic systems of oppression that discriminatory legislation promotes or upholds, warranting an integrated analysis of these laws. In this analytic essay, we assess discriminatory state laws simultaneously and discuss their implications for health care clinicians, institutions, and researchers. We present a multifunctional model of law and population health that describes how discriminatory law affects health outcomes among marginalized groups. We then draw on publicly available legislation trackers to identify 30 states that have enacted legislation since 2020 that targets Black people and other people of color; lesbian, gay, bisexual, and queer people; transgender and nonbinary people; and women and other birthing people. Finally, we call for a coordinated, multilateral, and forceful effort by health care professionals, institutions, researchers, and research funders to counter these laws and address their predictable health consequences. (Am J Public Health. Published online ahead of print September 19, 2024:e1-e9. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2024.307830).","PeriodicalId":7647,"journal":{"name":"American journal of public health","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":12.7,"publicationDate":"2024-09-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142273507","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Public Health Feminisms: Recognizing the Diversity of Experiences and Expertise","authors":"Manon S. Parry","doi":"10.2105/ajph.2024.307835","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2105/ajph.2024.307835","url":null,"abstract":"American Journal of Public Health, Ahead of Print. <br/>","PeriodicalId":7647,"journal":{"name":"American journal of public health","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":12.7,"publicationDate":"2024-09-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142321466","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kathryn G Burford,Nicole G Itzkowitz,Andrew G Rundle,Charles DiMaggio,Stephen J Mooney
{"title":"The Burden of Injuries Associated With E-Bikes, Powered Scooters, Hoverboards, and Bicycles in the United States: 2019‒2022.","authors":"Kathryn G Burford,Nicole G Itzkowitz,Andrew G Rundle,Charles DiMaggio,Stephen J Mooney","doi":"10.2105/ajph.2024.307820","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2105/ajph.2024.307820","url":null,"abstract":"Objectives. To describe the national burden of injuries associated with e-bikes, bicycles, hoverboards, and powered scooters (micromobility devices) in the United States. Methods. We compared patterns and trends for 1 933 296 estimated injuries associated with micromobility devices from 2019 to 2022 using National Electronic Injury Surveillance System data. Results. The population-based rates of e-bike and powered scooter injuries increased by 293.0% and 88.0%, respectively. When reported, powered scooter injuries had the highest proportion for alcohol use (9.0%) compared with other modes, whereas e-bike injuries had the highest proportion for motor vehicle involvement (35.4%). Internal injuries were more likely among e-bike diagnoses than hoverboard and bicycle (P < .05), but fractures and concussions were more likely among hoverboard diagnoses compared with all other devices (P < .05). When helmet use was identified in clinical notes (20.3%), helmet usage was higher among e-bike injuries (43.8%) compared with powered scooter (34.8%) and hoverboard (30.3%) injuries but lower compared with bicycle injuries (48.7%). Conclusions. The incidence of severe e-bike and powered scooter injuries increased over the 4-year period. Public health stakeholders should focus on improved surveillance and prevention of injuries associated with electric micromobility devices. (Am J Public Health. Published online ahead of print September 12, 2024:e1-e10. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2024.307820).","PeriodicalId":7647,"journal":{"name":"American journal of public health","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":12.7,"publicationDate":"2024-09-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142231327","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}