Arden S Handler,Kay Johnson,Kristin M Rankin,Alisa J Velonis,Arthur R James,Milton Kotelchuck
{"title":"Shuttering the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS): A Dangerous Attack on US Mothers and Infants.","authors":"Arden S Handler,Kay Johnson,Kristin M Rankin,Alisa J Velonis,Arthur R James,Milton Kotelchuck","doi":"10.2105/ajph.2025.308107","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2105/ajph.2025.308107","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7647,"journal":{"name":"American journal of public health","volume":"40 1","pages":"848-850"},"PeriodicalIF":12.7,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143982415","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":"Global Health and Human Rights in AJPH.","authors":"Laura Ferguson","doi":"10.2105/ajph.2025.308086","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2105/ajph.2025.308086","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7647,"journal":{"name":"American journal of public health","volume":"20 1","pages":"814-815"},"PeriodicalIF":12.7,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143982507","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":"Fake Health Care, Real Crisis: The Continuing Public Health Challenge of Crisis Pregnancy Centers.","authors":"John S Santelli","doi":"10.2105/ajph.2025.308111","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2105/ajph.2025.308111","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7647,"journal":{"name":"American journal of public health","volume":"1 1","pages":"822-824"},"PeriodicalIF":12.7,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143982417","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":"An American Health Dilemma 25 Years Later.","authors":"Theodore M Brown","doi":"10.2105/ajph.2025.308132","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2105/ajph.2025.308132","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7647,"journal":{"name":"American journal of public health","volume":"28 1","pages":"862-863"},"PeriodicalIF":12.7,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143982409","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":"Medical Providers Require Support and Training for Legislative Testimony About Abortion and High-Risk Pregnancy Care.","authors":"Clare Daniel,Grace Riley,Anita Raj,Cecilia Gambala","doi":"10.2105/ajph.2025.308035","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2105/ajph.2025.308035","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7647,"journal":{"name":"American journal of public health","volume":"35 1","pages":"835-839"},"PeriodicalIF":12.7,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143982411","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":"The Public Health Workforce Beyond Government Health Departments: Proposing a New Definition.","authors":"Heather Krasna","doi":"10.2105/ajph.2025.308050","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2105/ajph.2025.308050","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7647,"journal":{"name":"American journal of public health","volume":"40 1","pages":"840-844"},"PeriodicalIF":12.7,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143982413","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":"Health Care, Mortality, and Declining Occupancy Rates in California Prisons, 2013-2023.","authors":"Jessica L Adler, Weiwei Chen","doi":"10.2105/AJPH.2025.308011","DOIUrl":"10.2105/AJPH.2025.308011","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><b>Objectives.</b> To assess relationships between changes in population levels, health care access, health care grievances, and mortality in California prisons. <b>Methods.</b> We examined 30 California prisons using June 2013 to May 2023 data from California Correctional Health Care Services and the California Department of Justice. Associations between prison occupancy rates and care access, health care grievances, and mortality were estimated in linear or generalized linear models controlling for staff vacancies and the characteristics of incarcerated people. Because of the prevalence of COVID-19-specific dynamics in prisons in 2020-2021, baseline models included data up to December 2019; data from January 2022 through May 2023 were added as a robustness check. <b>Results.</b> Reductions in prison occupancy rates were associated with increased access to care. Associations were more pronounced when postpandemic data were added. However, decreasing occupancy rates were not associated with declines in health care grievances or mortality. <b>Conclusions.</b> Lowering prison occupancy rates could help ensure better access to care, but it is not a panacea for alleviating varied health-related problems and dangers inside carceral facilities. (<i>Am J Public Health</i>. 2025;115(6):936-944. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2025.308011).</p>","PeriodicalId":7647,"journal":{"name":"American journal of public health","volume":" ","pages":"936-944"},"PeriodicalIF":9.6,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12080433/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143522105","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Maureen Miller, Brian G Weiss, Zoe M Sakas, Korin E Parrella, Farha Islam, Julian L Watkins
{"title":"Community Health Worker Influence on COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake in New York City, 2021‒2022.","authors":"Maureen Miller, Brian G Weiss, Zoe M Sakas, Korin E Parrella, Farha Islam, Julian L Watkins","doi":"10.2105/AJPH.2025.308039","DOIUrl":"10.2105/AJPH.2025.308039","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><b>Objectives.</b> To evaluate a community health worker (CHW) intervention to decrease COVID-19 vaccine uptake disparities in historically disinvested communities of color. <b>Methods.</b> The New York City Health Department partnered with community-based organizations that served 75 zip code‒defined communities targeted for rapid response intervention. Analyses used community demographic and COVID-19 vaccine uptake data. Linear regression models evaluated high and low CHW outreach on community vaccine uptake between July 1, 2021, and June 30, 2022. <b>Results.</b> Of 75 communities, 65 (85%) experienced high CHW outreach, which prioritized trauma-informed engagement with 4.2 million Black and Latino community residents. On average, residents were 70% Black and Latino. Significant differences existed between high and low outreach communities for baseline community COVID-19 vaccine uptake (44% vs 59%; <i>P</i> < .001). CHWs provided vaccine information to community residents 18 million times and increased community vaccine uptake from 44% to 76% (<i>P</i> < .001) in 1 year. <b>Conclusions.</b> This research expands the body of evidence documenting the essential role played by CHWs to change population health behaviors. <b>Public Health Implications.</b> Response readiness during public health crises relies on pre-established trust. When this is lacking, CHW outreach can bridge the gap. (<i>Am J Public Health</i>. 2025;115(6):910-919. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2025.308039).</p>","PeriodicalId":7647,"journal":{"name":"American journal of public health","volume":" ","pages":"910-919"},"PeriodicalIF":9.6,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12080442/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143727479","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nathalie Huguet, Jorge Kaufmann, Heather Holderness, Jeremy Erroba, Gretchen Mertes, Anna Steeves-Reece, Rachel Springer, John Heintzman, Miguel Marino
{"title":"Medicaid Eligibility Expansion Regardless of Immigration Status and Insurance Coverage Among Latinos Seen in Community Health Centers, 2018‒2023.","authors":"Nathalie Huguet, Jorge Kaufmann, Heather Holderness, Jeremy Erroba, Gretchen Mertes, Anna Steeves-Reece, Rachel Springer, John Heintzman, Miguel Marino","doi":"10.2105/AJPH.2025.308052","DOIUrl":"10.2105/AJPH.2025.308052","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><b>Objectives.</b> To assess whether Latino patients receiving care in community-based health centers (CHCs) in US states that expanded Medicaid eligibility regardless of immigration status to adults 50 years and older had greater insurance coverage after the eligibility amendment compared with states that did not expand eligibility. <b>Methods.</b> We performed a retrospective cohort study, using electronic health record data from 40 602 nonpregnant CHC patients aged 50 to 64 years living in states that expanded eligibility (OR, CA) or that did not (AK, CT, IN, MN, MT, NC, NJ, OH, WA) with a visit in both 2018-2019 (before policy change) and 2021-2023 (after policy change). <b>Results.</b> Among Spanish-preferring Latinas, the overall Medicaid-insured difference-in-difference estimate across all 3 years after the amendment was positively moderate (average treatment effect on treated [ATT] = +7.04; 95% confidence interval [CI] = 0.10, 13.98); however, this effect was greatest in the third year after the amendment (ATT = +21.82; 95% CI = 14.04, 29.59), and this was accompanied by a substantial drop in third year uninsured visit rates (ATT = -15.45; 95% CI = -24.77, ‒6.13). We observed the same pattern for Spanish-preferring Latinos. <b>Conclusions.</b> The findings suggest that expanding Medicaid eligibility regardless of immigration status improved access to health insurance for some Latino communities. (<i>Am J Public Health</i>. 2025;115(6):900-909. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2025.308052).</p>","PeriodicalId":7647,"journal":{"name":"American journal of public health","volume":" ","pages":"900-909"},"PeriodicalIF":9.6,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12080449/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143778771","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Wastewater Surveillance: A Rare Bipartisan Opportunity to Strengthen Public Health.","authors":"John Auerbach","doi":"10.2105/ajph.2025.308103","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2105/ajph.2025.308103","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7647,"journal":{"name":"American journal of public health","volume":"80 1","pages":"845-847"},"PeriodicalIF":12.7,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143982408","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}