Ben C D Weideman, Alexandra M Ecklund, Rhea Alley, B R Simon Rosser, G Nic Rider
{"title":"Research Funded by National Institutes of Health Concerning Sexual and Gender Minoritized Populations: A Tracking Update for 2012 to 2022.","authors":"Ben C D Weideman, Alexandra M Ecklund, Rhea Alley, B R Simon Rosser, G Nic Rider","doi":"10.2105/AJPH.2024.307913","DOIUrl":"10.2105/AJPH.2024.307913","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><b>Objectives.</b> To investigate trends in awards funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) focusing on sexual and gender minoritized (SGM) populations from 2012 to 2022 in the United States. <b>Methods.</b> Replicating the method of Coulter et al., we identified NIH-funded awards for SGM research from 2012 to 2022 using the NIH RePORTER (Research Portfolio Online Reporting Tools Expenditures and Results) system. We coded for SGM subpopulations, demographics, and health content areas. We also inflation adjusted awards to 2022 dollar values. <b>Results.</b> NIH funded 1093 unique awards concerning SGM health, which totaled $491.7 million in first-year funding and made up 0.8% of the NIH portfolio. Frequency of awards nearly tripled over our study period. Most awards focused on HIV/AIDS (65.5%), mental health (29.5%), illicit drug use (19.9%), or sexual health issues (17.0%). We found funding differences across subpopulations: sexually minoritized men (67.8%; $357.9 million), transgender women (18.1%; $77.6 million), sexually minoritized women (13.9%; $57.6 million), transgender men (8.2%; $37.6 million), and nonbinary people (4.4%; $17.6 million). Only 42.2% of awards explicitly examined racial/ethnic identities of participants. <b>Conclusions.</b> Although NIH funding for SGM-related research has increased, persistent inequities indicate the need for systemic changes to advance health equity. (<i>Am J Public Health</i>. 2025;115(3):374-386. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2024.307913).</p>","PeriodicalId":7647,"journal":{"name":"American journal of public health","volume":" ","pages":"374-386"},"PeriodicalIF":9.6,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11845831/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143027892","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":"Trusted Messengers: Public Health Education and Advocacy in 20th Century Black American Newspapers.","authors":"Wangui Muigai","doi":"10.2105/AJPH.2024.307897","DOIUrl":"10.2105/AJPH.2024.307897","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>For much of the 20th century, Black readers turned to Black newspapers for health information and advice. The messages reached hundreds of thousands across the United States during a period when the nation's racially separate and unequal health care system limited the ability of Black communities to access vital resources, including public health education. This article, based on an analysis of several hundred health columns published between the 1910s and 1970, traces the origins and evolving role Black newspapers played as trusted messengers of health information. In doing so, it details the strategic ways Black health professionals as well as readers leveraged this form of media to promote health knowledge, address the prevention needs in Black communities, and advocate for better care. (<i>Am J Public Health</i>. 2025;115(3):326-332. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2024.307897).</p>","PeriodicalId":7647,"journal":{"name":"American journal of public health","volume":" ","pages":"326-332"},"PeriodicalIF":9.6,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11845823/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142685776","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}
Della Hughes Carter, Mary Claire Meimers, Emily Fowler Bemben
{"title":"Increasing Access Through Integration: Behavioral Health Services and Beyond.","authors":"Della Hughes Carter, Mary Claire Meimers, Emily Fowler Bemben","doi":"10.2105/AJPH.2024.307939","DOIUrl":"10.2105/AJPH.2024.307939","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>An academic health center (AHC) that provides primary care to an urban, underresourced population recognized the need for an integrated model of care to address behavioral health needs. The Ambulatory Integration of the Medical and Social (AIMS) Collaborative Care Model's five pillars provided the framework and enhanced outcomes through tailored initiatives at the AHC, expanding to onsite satellite locations in senior subsidized housing, and through telehealth services. The results showed increased access to behavioral health care and improved depression and anxiety symptoms. (<i>Am J Public Health</i>. 2025;115(3):296-300. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2024.307939).</p>","PeriodicalId":7647,"journal":{"name":"American journal of public health","volume":" ","pages":"296-300"},"PeriodicalIF":9.6,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11845829/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143027885","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":"Threats to Democracy and the Right to Health.","authors":"Mary T Bassett","doi":"10.2105/AJPH.2024.307992","DOIUrl":"10.2105/AJPH.2024.307992","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7647,"journal":{"name":"American journal of public health","volume":"115 3","pages":"307-309"},"PeriodicalIF":9.6,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11845832/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143405347","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":"Bearing Witness and Spurring Action for Worker Safety and Health.","authors":"David Michaels, Gregory R Wagner","doi":"10.2105/AJPH.2024.307997","DOIUrl":"10.2105/AJPH.2024.307997","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7647,"journal":{"name":"American journal of public health","volume":"115 3","pages":"316-318"},"PeriodicalIF":9.6,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11845811/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143405196","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":"115 Years of Advancing Public Health: What Comes Next?","authors":"Alfredo Morabia","doi":"10.2105/AJPH.2024.307976","DOIUrl":"10.2105/AJPH.2024.307976","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7647,"journal":{"name":"American journal of public health","volume":"115 3","pages":"245-246"},"PeriodicalIF":9.6,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11845809/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143405189","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":"Mastheads.","authors":"","doi":"10.2105/AJPH.2025.115.3.241-242","DOIUrl":"10.2105/AJPH.2025.115.3.241-242","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7647,"journal":{"name":"American journal of public health","volume":"115 3","pages":"241-242"},"PeriodicalIF":9.6,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11845808/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143405276","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}
Stacey L Rowe, Sheena G Sullivan, Flor M Munoz, Matthew M Coates, Onyebuchi A Arah, Annette K Regan
{"title":"Uptake of Recommended Vaccines During Pregnancy Among Publicly and Privately Insured People in the United States, December 2020-September 2022.","authors":"Stacey L Rowe, Sheena G Sullivan, Flor M Munoz, Matthew M Coates, Onyebuchi A Arah, Annette K Regan","doi":"10.2105/AJPH.2024.307899","DOIUrl":"10.2105/AJPH.2024.307899","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><b>Objectives.</b> To estimate maternal COVID-19, influenza, and pertussis vaccine uptake during pregnancy by insurance type and identify factors characterizing those vaccinated and unvaccinated. <b>Methods.</b> We conducted a US cohort study of pregnant individuals (for pregnancies ending December 11, 2020-September 30, 2022) using insurance claims data. We calculated vaccination probability using Kaplan-Meier methods and identified factors associated with vaccination through binomial regression with inverse probability weights. <b>Results.</b> Among 695 887 pregnant individuals (median age = 32 years for privately and 27 years for publicly insured), the cumulative probability of COVID-19 vaccination was 43.0% (privately insured) and 11.8% (publicly insured). We observed marked disparities between influenza (33.2% vs 14.2%) and pertussis (70.3% vs 42.8%) vaccination. Only 6.8% (privately insured) and 1.1% (publicly insured) received all 3 vaccines. COVID-19 and influenza vaccination odds were lower among drug and tobacco users. People with high-risk medical conditions, particularly the publicly insured, commonly were vaccinated. <b>Conclusions.</b> Marked vaccine uptake disparities exist between privately and publicly insured pregnant people. Understanding structural barriers, particularly for Medicaid enrollees, is critical to improving maternal vaccine access. (<i>Am J Public Health</i>. 2025;115(3):354-363. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2024.307899).</p>","PeriodicalId":7647,"journal":{"name":"American journal of public health","volume":" ","pages":"354-363"},"PeriodicalIF":9.6,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11845822/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143027895","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}
Alfredo Morabia, B Ethan Coston, Paul Erwin, Laura Ferguson, Bisola Ojikutu, Wendy E Parmet, Julian Santaella Tenorio
{"title":"Celebrating 115 Years of <i>AJPH</i>: Perspectives on Public Health in a New Political Era.","authors":"Alfredo Morabia, B Ethan Coston, Paul Erwin, Laura Ferguson, Bisola Ojikutu, Wendy E Parmet, Julian Santaella Tenorio","doi":"10.2105/AJPH.2025.308018","DOIUrl":"10.2105/AJPH.2025.308018","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7647,"journal":{"name":"American journal of public health","volume":"115 3","pages":"301-303"},"PeriodicalIF":9.6,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11845835/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143405206","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}
Julien Robitaille, Jürgen Rehm, Mark S Kaplan, Carolin Kilian, Laura Llamosas-Falcón, Shannon Lange
{"title":"Direct Estimation of Alcohol-Attributable Fractions for Suicide in the United States, 2021.","authors":"Julien Robitaille, Jürgen Rehm, Mark S Kaplan, Carolin Kilian, Laura Llamosas-Falcón, Shannon Lange","doi":"10.2105/AJPH.2024.307910","DOIUrl":"10.2105/AJPH.2024.307910","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><b>Objectives.</b> To estimate the alcohol-attributable fraction (AAF) for suicide in the United States. <b>Methods.</b> Using restricted-access data from the National Violent Death Reporting System for 2021, we estimated the sex-specific AAF for suicide, among those 15 years of age and older, by sociodemographic characteristics and suicide means. An alcohol-attributable suicide was defined as that for which the decedent had a blood alcohol concentration of 0.10 grams per deciliter or higher. <b>Results.</b> In 2021, the AAF for suicide for males (20.2%) was significantly higher than that for females (17.8%; <i>P</i> < .001). The AAF for suicide was higher for both males and females who used a firearm as the means of suicide (23.4% and 22.8%, respectively) compared with their counterparts who used other means (16.5% and 15.9%, respectively). <b>Conclusions.</b> Despite some variation, AAFs for suicide were consistently high, with about 1 in 5 suicides being attributable to alcohol use. Therefore, suicide prevention initiatives in the United States should also target excessive alcohol use. (<i>Am J Public Health</i>. 2025;115(3):364-368. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2024.307910).</p>","PeriodicalId":7647,"journal":{"name":"American journal of public health","volume":" ","pages":"364-368"},"PeriodicalIF":9.6,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11845837/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142862988","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}