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A new study proposes a 4-tiered metric, including “shooting-free days,” to track gun violence across 10 major US cities. This approach provides a more nuanced public health tool for measuring and responding to community-level firearm incidents.
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A review finds that while a framework called Public Health Critical Race Praxis (PHCRP) is used to study racism as a public health problem, there is little evidence on how to use it to create and test real-world antiracism programs. This highlights a crucial gap between research and practical action to reduce health inequities.
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A new study shows that children exposed to neighborhood violence are significantly less likely to get routine dental care and more likely to have delayed or skipped medical and mental health care due to cost. This underscores how violence exposure creates a barrier to essential health services, worsening overall child health.
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Health agencies have announced that the global supply of oral cholera vaccine is now sufficient to restart preventive vaccination campaigns for the first time in over three years. This is a major step forward in controlling cholera outbreaks, especially in vulnerable communities.
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A clinical trial found that adding exposure-based cognitive behavioral therapy (ebCBT) to standard community mental health teams significantly reduced anxiety and improved quality of life for people with severe mental illness. This demonstrates that integrating specific psychological treatments into existing community care is both feasible and highly beneficial.
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