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Happiness and Health Annual Reviews

WEBResearch into the relationship between happiness and health is developing rapidly, exploring the possibility that impaired happiness is not only a consequence of ill-health

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Health-Related Quality of Life Measurement in Public Health

WEBPatient-reported outcomes are recognized as essential for the evaluation of medical and public health interventions. Over the last 50 years, health-related quality of life (HRQoL) …

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The Relationship Between Education and Health: Reducing …

WEBAdults with higher educational attainment live healthier and longer lives compared with their less educated peers. The disparities are large and widening. We posit that …

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Understanding and Responding to Health Literacy as a Social …

WEBEvidence of a social gradient in health literacy has been found in all reported national population surveys. Health literacy is a midstream determinant of health but not a …

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Positive Affect and Health: What Do We Know and Where Next …

WEBPositive affect (PA) is associated with better health across a wide range of physical health outcomes. This review reflects on why the study of PA is an essential component of our …

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The Social Determinants of Health: Coming of Age Annual Reviews

WEBIn the United States, awareness is increasing that medical care alone cannot adequately improve health overall or reduce health disparities without also addressing where and …

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Social Connection as a Public Health Issue: The Evidence and a …

WEBThere is growing interest in and renewed support for prioritizing social factors in public health both in the USA and globally. While there are multiple widely recognized social …

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Stress and Health: A Review of Psychobiological Processes

WEBThe cumulative science linking stress to negative health outcomes is vast. Stress can affect health directly, through autonomic and neuroendocrine responses, but also indirectly, …

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Addressing Health Equity in Public Health Practice: Frameworks

WEBThis review describes the context of health equity and options for integrating equity into public health practice. We first discuss how the conceptualization of health equity and …

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Understanding Health Inequalities Through the Lens of Social

WEBLongstanding racial/ethnic inequalities in morbidity and mortality persist in the United States. Although the determinants of health inequalities are complex, social and …

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Stress and Health: Psychological, Behavioral, and Biological

WEBStressors have a major influence upon mood, our sense of well-being, behavior, and health. Acute stress responses in young, healthy individuals may be adaptive and …

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The Impact of Health Insurance on Health Annual Reviews

WEBFirst, many of the studies claiming to show a causal effect of health insurance on health do not do so convincingly because the observed correlation between insurance and good …

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School Health as a Strategy to Improve Both Public Health and …

WEBBecause schools materially influence both health and education, they substantially determine the future well-being and economic productivity of populations. Recent …

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Energy and Human Health Annual Reviews

WEBEnergy use is central to human society and provides many health benefits. But each source of energy entails some health risks. This article reviews the health impacts of each …

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The Growing Impact of Globalization for Health and Public Health

WEBIn recent decades, public health policy and practice have been increasingly challenged by globalization, even as global financing for health has increased dramatically. This article …

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Nature and Health Annual Reviews

WEBUrbanization, resource exploitation, and lifestyle changes have diminished possibilities for human contact with nature in many societies. Concern about the loss has helped …

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Religion and Health: Public Health Research and Practice

WEBAbstract Research examining the relationships between religion and the health of individuals and populations has become increasingly visible in the social, behavioral, …

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What Is Health Resilience and How Can We Build It

WEBWhether a community is in the path of a natural disaster, the target of an act of terror, or simply striving to meet the demands of increasingly dense urban populations, a …

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Ecological Models Revisited: Their Uses and Evolution in Health

WEBSince the 1980s, ecological models of health promotion have generated a great deal of enthusiasm among researchers and interventionists. These models emerged from …

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RACE AND ETHNICITY IN PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH: Models to …

WEBAbstract The description and explanation of racial and ethnic health disparities are major initiatives of the public health research establishment. Black Americans suffer on nearly …

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Adult Neurogenesis: Beyond Learning and Memory

WEBNew neurons continue to be generated in the dentate gyrus throughout life, providing this region of the hippocampus with exceptional structural plasticity, but the function of this …

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