Kathleen Galper, Jillian M Rung, Amber Shergill, Tyson S Barrett, Demetrios Marousis, Emily Brignone
{"title":"Social Vulnerability and Racial Disparities in Depression Screening of US Adolescents, 2016 to 2021.","authors":"Kathleen Galper, Jillian M Rung, Amber Shergill, Tyson S Barrett, Demetrios Marousis, Emily Brignone","doi":"10.2105/AJPH.2025.308149","DOIUrl":"10.2105/AJPH.2025.308149","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><b>Objectives.</b> To identify whether sociodemographic disparities exist by evaluating the association between rates of adolescent depression screening, social risk, and race. <b>Methods.</b> We used a US nationwide sample of Highmark Health privately insured adolescents between 2016 and 2021 to estimate the odds of well-visit depression screening receipt as a function of social factors (Social Vulnerability Index [SVI], predicted race). <b>Results.</b> Higher SVI was negatively associated with odds of screening and depended on predicted Black race (<i>P</i> for interaction < .01). Provider type was a strong predictor of screening, with pediatricians more likely to screen than other generalist specialties (odds ratio = 9.64; 95% confidence interval = 9.11, 10.2). Inclusion of variation at the practice location level attenuated the relationship with SVI and accounted for a large proportion of variability in screening (intraclass correlation coefficient = 0.76), although SVI remained significant ( <i>P</i> < .01). <b>Conclusions.</b> Adolescents are more likely to receive a depression screen if they reside in lower social-risk locations or, if likely to identify as Black, higher social-risk locations. Ultimately, screening has strong ties to where an adolescent lives and the type of provider they access. (<i>Am J Public Health</i>. 2025;115(9):1436-1444. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2025.308149).</p>","PeriodicalId":7647,"journal":{"name":"American journal of public health","volume":" ","pages":"1436-1444"},"PeriodicalIF":9.6,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12332321/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144558820","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}
Corinna Jenkins Tucker,Tanya Rouleau Whitworth,Nathan H Perkins
{"title":"Sibling Aggression and Abuse: Invisible and Widespread Public Health Problems.","authors":"Corinna Jenkins Tucker,Tanya Rouleau Whitworth,Nathan H Perkins","doi":"10.2105/ajph.2024.307983","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2105/ajph.2024.307983","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7647,"journal":{"name":"American journal of public health","volume":"31 1","pages":"1383-1387"},"PeriodicalIF":12.7,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144792116","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":"Medicaid Expansion Prevents Human Papillomavirus Cancers for Everyone.","authors":"Heather M Brandt","doi":"10.2105/ajph.2025.308207","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2105/ajph.2025.308207","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7647,"journal":{"name":"American journal of public health","volume":"7 1","pages":"1346-1348"},"PeriodicalIF":12.7,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144792125","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.2025.115.9.1337-1338","DOIUrl":"10.2105/AJPH.2025.115.9.1337-1338","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7647,"journal":{"name":"American journal of public health","volume":"115 9","pages":"1337-1338"},"PeriodicalIF":9.6,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12332303/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145068876","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":"Food Is Medicine: Prioritizing Equitable Implementation.","authors":"Matthew J Landry,Kelseanna Hollis-Hansen","doi":"10.2105/ajph.2025.308147","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2105/ajph.2025.308147","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7647,"journal":{"name":"American journal of public health","volume":"15 1","pages":"1360-1363"},"PeriodicalIF":12.7,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144792167","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":"Is Your Home Making You Sick? Health Risks Associated With Black Mold in Air Vents.","authors":"Osmari B Novoa","doi":"10.2105/ajph.2025.308178","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2105/ajph.2025.308178","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7647,"journal":{"name":"American journal of public health","volume":"1 1","pages":"1371-1372"},"PeriodicalIF":12.7,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144792121","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":"Excess Mortality and Containment Performance During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Evidence From 34 Countries.","authors":"Chieh Cheng,Hsiao-Yu Wu,Shu-Chen Kuo,Brandon Fan,Ya-Ting Hsu,Yi-Kai Chen,Byron Fan,Yung-An Jang,Chih-Fan Hung,Wei-Ming Jiang,Hung-Yi Chiou,Wei J Chen,Hsiao-Hui Tsou","doi":"10.2105/ajph.2025.308136","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2105/ajph.2025.308136","url":null,"abstract":"Objectives. To expand COVID-19 containment indicators to evaluate the relationship between excess mortality and government response. Methods. We developed a longitudinal study analyzing excess mortality, COVID-19 containment, and structural conditions in 34 countries between 2020 and 2022. Results. The average excess mortality ratios of the 34 countries were 1.09, 1.14, and 1.11 in 2020, 2021, and 2022, respectively. Thirteen countries experienced continuous annual rises, while only 2 had consistent annual declines. Top-performing countries significantly reduced excess deaths by 5.7% (b = -0.06; 95% CI [confidence interval] = -0.10, -0.01; P = .02) in 2020 and 12.9% (b = -0.13; 95% CI = -0.17, -0.08; P < .001) in 2021, compared to bottom performers. Middle-performing countries saw reductions of 6.7% (b = -0.07; 95% CI = -0.11, -0.02; P = .01) and 10.6% (b = -0.11; 95% CI = -0.15, -0.06; P < .001). These findings suggest that better containment is associated with fewer excess deaths, even after accounting for preexisting structural differences. Conclusions. The COVID-19 containment indicators' precision emphasizes the association between better containment and lower excess mortality during early and postvaccine development periods. Public Health Implications. Our findings urge governments to utilize new metrics that balance flexibility and strictness for pandemic strategies, informing future policy interventions. (Am J Public Health. 2025;115(9):1518-1528. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2025.308136).","PeriodicalId":7647,"journal":{"name":"American journal of public health","volume":"15 1","pages":"1518-1528"},"PeriodicalIF":12.7,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144791975","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 FDA Acts to Eliminate Asbestos in Talc: A Half-Century-Long Struggle.","authors":"Gerald Markowitz,David Rosner","doi":"10.2105/ajph.2025.308180","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2105/ajph.2025.308180","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7647,"journal":{"name":"American journal of public health","volume":"95 1","pages":"1368-1370"},"PeriodicalIF":12.7,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144792124","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":"Persistent Sadness, Violence, and Bullying and Associations With Screen Time Among New York City Public High School Students, 2021.","authors":"Jaynisha Jackson, Meghan Hamwey, Nicole Stratton, Ashwin Vasan","doi":"10.2105/AJPH.2025.308051","DOIUrl":"10.2105/AJPH.2025.308051","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><b>Objectives.</b> To explore the association between persistent feelings of sadness or hopelessness and violence-related experiences, in-school bullying, cyberbullying, and screen time. <b>Methods.</b> We used data from the 2021 New York City Youth Risk Behavior Survey. Overall and sex-stratified bivariate and logistic regression models were constructed to examine the relationship of persistent feelings of sadness or hopelessness with violence-related experiences, in-school bullying, cyberbullying, and elevated screen time usage. <b>Results.</b> Persistent feelings of sadness or hopelessness were associated with violence-related experiences, in-school bullying, and cyberbullying among both male and female students, with the prevalence being higher among female students. There was an association between elevated screen time and persistent feelings of sadness and hopelessness only among female students (adjusted odds ratio [AOR] = 1.87; 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.20, 2.90). <b>Conclusions.</b> Sex-based differences existed in the association between persistent feelings of sadness or hopelessness and violence-related experiences, in-school bullying, cyberbullying, and elevated screen time. There is a need for interventions, programs, and resources promoting violence- and bullying-free environments and addressing the potential negative effects of screen time. (<i>Am J Public Health</i>. 2025;115(9):1397-1407. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2025.308051).</p>","PeriodicalId":7647,"journal":{"name":"American journal of public health","volume":" ","pages":"1397-1407"},"PeriodicalIF":9.6,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12332309/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144180730","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}