Linda S Sprague Martinez, Judith C Scott, Melanie Rocco, Masill Miranda, Cynthia Tucker, Angela Wangari Walter
{"title":"Critical Reflections From the Black Women First Initiative.","authors":"Linda S Sprague Martinez, Judith C Scott, Melanie Rocco, Masill Miranda, Cynthia Tucker, Angela Wangari Walter","doi":"10.2105/AJPH.2025.308138","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2025.308138","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In 2020, the Health Resources and Services Administration launched the first initiative focused on Black women in nearly 40 years of the HIV epidemic: the Black Women First initiative. A critical step toward advancing racial equity, the initiative addressed the health and social needs of diverse Black women in HIV care and treatment. In this essay, we posit that the disproportionate burden of HIV/AIDS experienced by Black women is rooted in racism, not race. Using critical reflexivity and the Public Health Critical Race praxis, we critically discuss the Black Women First initiative's framing and components, the factors contributing to successes and challenges, opportunities to deepen efforts, and recommendations to focus on dismantling racism in future efforts addressing care and treatment for Black women with HIV. We reflect on how racism was challenged through the involvement of Black women with lived experiences and racial justice organizations, although racism was not a focus of the initiative. Advancing the health of Black women with HIV needs a comprehensive and critical approach that addresses racism by changing intervention funding, service delivery, and the measurement of success. (<i>Am J Public Health</i>. Published online ahead of print July 3, 2025:e1-e8. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2025.308138).</p>","PeriodicalId":7647,"journal":{"name":"American journal of public health","volume":" ","pages":"e1-e8"},"PeriodicalIF":9.6,"publicationDate":"2025-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144558818","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}
Elizabeth M Inman, Given Leshabane, Alisa Kalegina, Avy Violari, Rachel Kidman
{"title":"Violence and Depression Among Adolescent Boys in Soweto, South Africa, 2020‒2023.","authors":"Elizabeth M Inman, Given Leshabane, Alisa Kalegina, Avy Violari, Rachel Kidman","doi":"10.2105/AJPH.2025.308164","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2025.308164","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><b>Objectives.</b> To identify if violence is associated with adolescent depression by leveraging data from a longitudinal, repeated measures study among adolescent boys from an underrepresented context. <b>Methods.</b> South African adolescent boys (n = 498) enrolled between 2020 and 2023. Participants reported lifetime violence exposure and depression symptoms at baseline and 1-year follow-up. Over the study year, participants reported past-week violence exposure and past-24-hour psychological distress in weekly mobile surveys. We used 4 sets of longitudinal analyses to test associations between violence and depression symptoms, examining the influence of violence type and timing. <b>Results.</b> Participants reported high levels of violence and distress. Lifetime violence exposure was associated with increased distress over the study year. Ongoing, cumulative exposure to violence was associated with distress over time and depression at follow-up. Past-week victimization was associated with immediate increases in distress. Emotional victimization demonstrated particularly strong associations with mental health. <b>Conclusions.</b> We found evidence of a relationship between violence exposure and depression in adolescent boys. Multilayered interventions to reduce violence in the lives of boys and young men are necessary to address the mental health crisis. (<i>Am J Public Health</i>. Published online ahead of print July 3, 2025:e1-e9. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2025.308164).</p>","PeriodicalId":7647,"journal":{"name":"American journal of public health","volume":" ","pages":"e1-e9"},"PeriodicalIF":9.6,"publicationDate":"2025-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144558821","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":"Conflict and the Environment: The Tragic Example of Gaza.","authors":"Jonathan M Samet","doi":"10.2105/AJPH.2025.308168","DOIUrl":"10.2105/AJPH.2025.308168","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7647,"journal":{"name":"American journal of public health","volume":"115 7","pages":"1042-1043"},"PeriodicalIF":9.6,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12160644/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144273995","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":"Health Inequalities, Disparities, Equity: What's in a Name?","authors":"Paula Braveman","doi":"10.2105/AJPH.2025.308062","DOIUrl":"10.2105/AJPH.2025.308062","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7647,"journal":{"name":"American journal of public health","volume":"115 7","pages":"996-1002"},"PeriodicalIF":9.6,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12160630/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144274001","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":"Yellow Power: Building Asian Student Community Voices Against Gender-Based Violence Through Public Health Research and Art.","authors":"Eunhee V Park","doi":"10.2105/AJPH.2024.307956","DOIUrl":"10.2105/AJPH.2024.307956","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7647,"journal":{"name":"American journal of public health","volume":"115 7","pages":"1025-1026"},"PeriodicalIF":9.6,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12160637/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144274015","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}
Nicole Wolfe,Adriana Argaiz,Alma Garcia,Rosalba Cain,Anna Peare,Michael I Goran,Michele D Kipke,Lourdes Baezconde-Garbanati
{"title":"Assessing the Understanding of Chronic Diseases in the Latino Community of Southern California: A Qualitative Study.","authors":"Nicole Wolfe,Adriana Argaiz,Alma Garcia,Rosalba Cain,Anna Peare,Michael I Goran,Michele D Kipke,Lourdes Baezconde-Garbanati","doi":"10.2105/ajph.2025.308083","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2105/ajph.2025.308083","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7647,"journal":{"name":"American journal of public health","volume":"17 1","pages":"S126-S129"},"PeriodicalIF":12.7,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144487988","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":"Fluoride, Teeth, and Developing Brains: Dental Health in Tension With Environmental Health, Millions Affected.","authors":"Howard Hu, Linda Birnbaum","doi":"10.2105/AJPH.2025.308166","DOIUrl":"10.2105/AJPH.2025.308166","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7647,"journal":{"name":"American journal of public health","volume":"115 7","pages":"1022-1024"},"PeriodicalIF":9.6,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12160646/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144274000","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":"Stride by Stride: How Run Clubs Foster Public Health.","authors":"Lilian N Bui","doi":"10.2105/AJPH.2024.307973","DOIUrl":"10.2105/AJPH.2024.307973","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7647,"journal":{"name":"American journal of public health","volume":"115 7","pages":"1029-1031"},"PeriodicalIF":9.6,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12160660/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144274010","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":"Ten Years at the Helm: Reflections From the <i>AJPH</i> Editor-in-Chief.","authors":"Alfredo Morabia","doi":"10.2105/AJPH.2025.308173","DOIUrl":"10.2105/AJPH.2025.308173","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7647,"journal":{"name":"American journal of public health","volume":"115 7","pages":"975-978"},"PeriodicalIF":9.6,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12160640/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144274011","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}
Stuart A Gansky,Alex C Cheng,Dinesh Mendhe,Aryanna Chavez,Hsin-Chieh Yeh,Kathy Lanier,William Brown,Derek E Hersch,Elbert S Huang,Felicity T Enders,Sean M Phelan
{"title":"Common Data Element (CDE) Success from Community-Engagement Not Mandates: If You Build It [Data Warehouse], Will They [Participants] Come?","authors":"Stuart A Gansky,Alex C Cheng,Dinesh Mendhe,Aryanna Chavez,Hsin-Chieh Yeh,Kathy Lanier,William Brown,Derek E Hersch,Elbert S Huang,Felicity T Enders,Sean M Phelan","doi":"10.2105/ajph.2025.308114","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2105/ajph.2025.308114","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7647,"journal":{"name":"American journal of public health","volume":"26 1","pages":"S110-S115"},"PeriodicalIF":12.7,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144488003","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}