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It is time to put hurricane preparedness on the radar for individuals living with spinal cord injury
Hurricane Dorian’s devastating trajectory over the Northwest Bahamas was the most recent Atlantic storm to call attention to the catastrophic impact of climate change. Although disasters create adversities for...
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The Impact of US Sociopolitical Issues on the Prejudicial Treatment of Latino Children and Youth
One in four children in the United States today self-identify as Latino. By 2050, one in three children will self-identify as Latino, representing a substantial portion of our current and future human capital....
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Challenges and Opportunities in Global Mental Health: a Research-to-Practice Perspective
Globally, the majority of those who need mental health care worldwide lack access to high-quality mental health services. Stigma, human resource shortages, fragmented service delivery models, and lack of resea...
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The Role of Fear-Related Behaviors in the 2013–2016 West Africa Ebola Virus Disease Outbreak
The 2013–2016 West Africa Ebola virus disease pandemic was the largest, longest, deadliest, and most geographically expansive outbreak in the 40-year interval since Ebola was first identified. Fear-related beh...
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Internally Displaced “Victims of Armed Conflict” in Colombia: The Trajectory and Trauma Signature of Forced Migration
While conflict-induced forced migration is a global phenomenon, the situation in Colombia, South America, is distinctive. Colombia has ranked either first or second in the number of internally displaced person...
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Multiple Vantage Points on the Mental Health Effects of Mass Shootings
The phenomenon of mass shootings has emerged over the past 50 years. A high proportion of rampage shootings have occurred in the United States, and secondarily, in European nations with otherwise low firearm h...
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HIV seroprevalence and risk behaviors among clients attending tuberculosis clinics in Miami-Dade County, Florida, 1989–1996
Miami-Dade County is a major HIV epicenter and a port of entry for immigrants from nations with high endemic rates of tuberculosis (TB). We analyzed data from an unlinked (blinded) serosurvey of clients attend...
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HIV seroprevalence and risk behaviors among clients attending a clinic for the homeless in Miami/Dade County, Florida, 1990–1996
In the early 1990s, HIV seroprevalence was highest at the Miami homeless clinic among 16 homeless sites participating in a nationwide sentinel survey. To examine dynamic seroprevalence patterns in Miami's home...
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Gender comparisons of injection drug use practices in shooting galleries
Previous research studies and anecdotal evidence portray shooting galleries as locales that place injection drug users at great risk for HIV infection, drug use and violence. Collectively, these studies highli...
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The Minnesota Plan for Nonsmoking and Health: The Legislative Experience
The Minnesota Department of Health has successfully introduced nonsmoking legislation which was enacted by the Minnesota Legislature in June, 1985. The legislation raises the excise tax on tobacco products and...
