Heather M Tucker,Anita Mbanda,Rebecca Odhiambo,Gary W Harper
{"title":"US Right-Wing, Pro-Family Movements in East Africa: Furthering Legislation That Fuels Health Inequities Among Sexual and Gender Minority Persons Assigned Female Sex at Birth in Western Kenya.","authors":"Heather M Tucker,Anita Mbanda,Rebecca Odhiambo,Gary W Harper","doi":"10.2105/ajph.2025.308099","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2105/ajph.2025.308099","url":null,"abstract":"Neocolonial US right-wing actors have targeted sexual and reproductive health and rights and sexual and gender minority rights in Kenya, influencing support for the Family Protection Bill, which is currently sitting in the Kenyan parliament and, if enacted, would further criminalize sexual and gender minority persons. We focus on how sexual and gender minority persons assigned female sex at birth in Kenya are at the intersection of these assaults on sexual and reproductive health and sexual and gender minority rights and already experience negative health outcomes because of discrimination, barriers to sexual and reproductive health care, and other effects owing to criminalization. (Am J Public Health. Published online ahead of print May 8, 2025:e1-e7. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2025.308099).","PeriodicalId":7647,"journal":{"name":"American journal of public health","volume":"26 1","pages":"e1-e7"},"PeriodicalIF":12.7,"publicationDate":"2025-05-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143926289","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":"Evaluating Algorithmic Approaches to Uncover Racial, Ethnic, and Gender Disparities in Scientific Authorship.","authors":"Yimeng Song,Nabarun Dasgupta,Michelle L Bell","doi":"10.2105/ajph.2025.308017","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2105/ajph.2025.308017","url":null,"abstract":"To explore the capabilities of race/ethnicity and gender prediction algorithms in uncovering patterns of authorship distribution in scientific paper submissions to a major peer-reviewed scientific journal (AJPH), we analyzed 17 667 manuscript submissions from the United States between 2013 and 2022. We used machine-learning algorithms to predict corresponding authors' race/ethnicity (Asian, Black, Hispanic, White) and gender categories based on name-derived probabilities to compare the predictive performance of these algorithms and their impact on disparity analysis. Predicted White authors dominated submissions and had the highest acceptance rates (21.1%), while predicted Asian authors faced the lowest (14.9%). Predicted women, despite being the majority, had lower acceptance rates (17.9%) than men (20.5%), a trend consistent across most racial/ethnic groups. Different algorithms revealed similar disparities but were limited by biases and inaccuracies in predicting race and ethnicity. Manuscript acceptance rates revealed disparities by race/ethnicity and gender; predicted White and male authors had the highest rates. While machine-learning algorithms can identify such patterns, their limitations necessitate combining them with self-identified demographic data for greater accuracy. (Am J Public Health. Published online ahead of print May 8, 2025:e1-e8. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2025.308017).","PeriodicalId":7647,"journal":{"name":"American journal of public health","volume":"110 1","pages":"e1-e8"},"PeriodicalIF":12.7,"publicationDate":"2025-05-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143926290","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}
Esther E Gotlieb, Nicole O Burghardt, Jiawen Hu, Kathleen Jacobson, Robert E Snyder
{"title":"Sexually Transmitted Infection Disparities and Social Determinants of Health in California, 2013‒2021.","authors":"Esther E Gotlieb, Nicole O Burghardt, Jiawen Hu, Kathleen Jacobson, Robert E Snyder","doi":"10.2105/AJPH.2024.307963","DOIUrl":"10.2105/AJPH.2024.307963","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><b>Objectives.</b> To characterize the intersection of social determinants of health, measured as the availability of community opportunities for healthy living, and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in California. <b>Methods.</b> Geocoded 2013-2021 California bacterial STI cases were aggregated into Healthy Places Index (HPI) quartiles. Communities in the lowest scoring HPI quartile have the fewest opportunities for healthy living, while communities in the highest scoring quartile have the most opportunities. <b>Results.</b> As community opportunities became more available, bacterial STI risk decreased. Asian people had the lowest bacterial STI rates, while Black/African American people had the highest. As community opportunities increased, White people had the largest overall STI risk reduction, Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander people had the smallest reduction, Hispanic/Latino people had equivalent gonorrhea and early syphilis risk, and American Indian/Alaska Native people had equivalent chlamydia risk. <b>Conclusions.</b> Although STI incidence decreased as community opportunities increased, people of different racial and ethnic identities were differentially affected. Because the availability of community opportunities is not enough to mitigate racial health disparities, more work is needed to ensure community-level STI prevention efforts are accessible and inclusive. (<i>Am J Public Health</i>. 2025;115(5):799-807. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2024.307963).</p>","PeriodicalId":7647,"journal":{"name":"American journal of public health","volume":" ","pages":"799-807"},"PeriodicalIF":9.6,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11983061/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143571870","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":"To Arms, Public Health Citizens!","authors":"Axelle Braggion, Antoine Flahault","doi":"10.2105/AJPH.2025.308049","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2025.308049","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7647,"journal":{"name":"American journal of public health","volume":"115 5","pages":"654-655"},"PeriodicalIF":9.6,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11983056/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143959993","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":"Erratum In: \"Intersectional HIV Stigma Among Black Women: Regional Differences and Implications From the Black Women First Initiative\".","authors":"","doi":"10.2105/AJPH.2025.308037e","DOIUrl":"10.2105/AJPH.2025.308037e","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7647,"journal":{"name":"American journal of public health","volume":" ","pages":"e1"},"PeriodicalIF":9.6,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143957411","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":"Addressing the Mechanisms of the Long-Term Effects of Racial Housing Inequalities.","authors":"LaDale C Winling","doi":"10.2105/ajph.2025.308074","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2105/ajph.2025.308074","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7647,"journal":{"name":"American journal of public health","volume":"75 1","pages":"649-650"},"PeriodicalIF":12.7,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143818992","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}
Tameka L Gillum,Alexis Sheffield,Antonia Drew Norton,Clarice J Hampton
{"title":"The Murder of Black Women in the United States: A Public Health Crisis.","authors":"Tameka L Gillum,Alexis Sheffield,Antonia Drew Norton,Clarice J Hampton","doi":"10.2105/ajph.2025.308010","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2105/ajph.2025.308010","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7647,"journal":{"name":"American journal of public health","volume":"25 1","pages":"663-667"},"PeriodicalIF":12.7,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143819048","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":"Why Achieving Health Equity for Indigenous Peoples Requires Indigenizing the Social Determinants of Health.","authors":"Valarie Blue Bird Jernigan,Tara L Maudrie","doi":"10.2105/ajph.2025.308059","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2105/ajph.2025.308059","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7647,"journal":{"name":"American journal of public health","volume":"60 1","pages":"643-645"},"PeriodicalIF":12.7,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143818982","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":"\"We Who Believe in Freedom Cannot Rest\": Affirming the Call to Critically Engage Public Health.","authors":"Lisa Bowleg","doi":"10.2105/ajph.2025.308088","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2105/ajph.2025.308088","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7647,"journal":{"name":"American journal of public health","volume":"108 1","pages":"685-686"},"PeriodicalIF":12.7,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143819046","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}
Monica Bharel,Michele N Clark,Daniel Dooley,Bisola O Ojikutu
{"title":"Addressing Unsheltered Homelessness and Substance Use Disorder From Tent Encampment to Safe Spaces, Boston 2021-2022.","authors":"Monica Bharel,Michele N Clark,Daniel Dooley,Bisola O Ojikutu","doi":"10.2105/ajph.2025.308009","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2105/ajph.2025.308009","url":null,"abstract":"Increasing numbers of individuals experiencing unsheltered homelessness and substance use disorder are living in tent encampments in cities across the United States. In response, the City of Boston, Massachusetts employed a public health approach comprising four implementation components: centralized leadership with cross-agency collaboration, creation of low-threshold spaces, person-centered engagement, and stakeholder-driven long-term planning. These steps led to the equitable transition of unsheltered individuals into harm reduction spaces and formed the foundation for future planning and encampment response in the city. (Am J Public Health. 2025;115(5):689-692. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2025.308009).","PeriodicalId":7647,"journal":{"name":"American journal of public health","volume":"107 1","pages":"689-692"},"PeriodicalIF":12.7,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143818991","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}