APA Joins Forces with the CDC Tips From Former Smokers® Campaign to Reduce Smoking Disparities
By Corinne Graffunder, PhD, (Director of the Office on Smoking and Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health...
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donjacques
Sep 6, 20184 min read
Black Boys and Men Face Daunting Odds, Here’s How We Can Promote Their Resilience and Future S
By Dawn X. Henderson, PhD (Co-Director, Collective Health and Education Equity Research (CHEER) Collaborative) When my son was just eight...
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donjacques
Aug 23, 20183 min read
Why We Need to Act Now to Address the Harmful Effects of Unemployment on Black Millennial Men
By Abigail Luke (Intern, APA Public Interest Government Relations Office) According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the unemployment...
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donjacques
Aug 3, 20184 min read
What Can We Do to Combat the Maternal Mortality Crisis Affecting Black Women in America?
By Chelsea Crittle, MS (2018 SPSSI Dalmas Taylor Fellow) According to the latest research from the Centers for Disease Control and...
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donjacques
Jun 29, 20185 min read
Depression in Black Boys Begins Earlier Than You Think
By Aaron Hunt, MS (Graduate Intern, APA Health Disparities Office) and David J. Robles, BA (Graduate Intern, SAMHSA Office of Behavioral...
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donjacques
Jun 5, 20185 min read
The Cost of Being Poor in a Warming World
By Ashley Charest, MSPH (Health Policy Analyst Associate, Maryland Department of Health) If you don’t feel the impacts of climate change...
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donjacques
Dec 1, 20177 min read
What Does Our Past Tell Us About Our Future? The Essential Role of Psychologists in Fighting HIV
(L-R) Dr. Rich Wolitski (HHS/OHAIDP); Dr. Fayth Parks (Georgia Southern University) APA Ad Hoc Committee on Psychology & AIDS (COPA)...
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donjacques
Nov 8, 20174 min read
Is Poking Fun at Birthdays a Harmless Way to Celebrate Them?
By Sheri R. Levy, PhD, & MaryBeth Apriceno (Stony Brook University) Have you ever noticed that the tone of birthday cards for children is...
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donjacques
Nov 1, 20174 min read
How Can We Better Protect LGBTQ Students: Psychologists Take Action
This slideshow requires JavaScript. By Joshua R. Wolff, PhD (Adler University); H.L. “Lou” Himes, PsyD (QuIPP); and Theresa Stueland Kay,...
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donjacques
Oct 26, 20174 min read
A Fate Worse than Death? Being Transgender in Long-term Care
By Mark Brennan-Ing, PhD (Senior Research Scientist, Brookdale Center for Healthy Aging) “I would kill myself.” This is what a 70...
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donjacques
Nov 16, 20163 min read
Historical Trauma in the Present: Why APA Cannot Remain Silent on the Dakota Access Pipeline
By Susan H. McDaniel, PhD (2016 APA President) Protesters being marked with numbers, put in dog kennels and shot with rubber bullets....
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donjacques
Oct 15, 20165 min read
Latinxs: Take Action to Stop HIV
By Karen Nieves-Lugo, PhD, MPH (Postdoctoral Fellow at George Washington University) October 15th is National Latinx AIDS Awareness Day,...
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donjacques
Sep 8, 20165 min read
“I’m Not Just Black!”: Exploring Intersections of Identity
By Faye Z. Belgrave, PhD (Professor, Virginia Commonwealth University) and Sarah J. Javier, MS (Doctoral Candidate, Virginia Commonwealth...
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donjacques
Aug 18, 20164 min read
How to Help People with Mental Health Conditions Quit Smoking for Good
By Corinne M. Graffunder, DrPH, MPH (Director of the Office on Smoking and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) Rebecca’s...
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donjacques
Jul 7, 20164 min read
Starting a Conversation: How We Can Reduce Health Disparities Among Older Adults
By Heather Plakosh, MA (Doctoral Candidate in Counseling Psychology, Chatham University) & Jennifer Q. Morse, PhD (Associate Professor of...
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donjacques
Apr 26, 20163 min read
Health and Healthcare Injustice: Why We Really Should Care About HIV Disparities
By Alyssa Arentoft, PhD (California State University, Northridge) & Monica Rivera Mindt, PhD (Fordham University & Icahn School of...
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donjacques
Feb 12, 20163 min read
Why Does HIV Impact African American Women Harder Than Everyone Else and What Can You Do to Help?
By Leo Rennie, MPA (Senior Legislative & Federal Affairs Officer, APA Public Interest) February 7th marked the annual observance of...
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donjacques
Jul 15, 20153 min read
Joining with SAMHSA to Support Mental and Behavioral Health in All American Communities
By Norman. B. Anderson, PhD (CEO, American Psychological Association) Mental and behavioral health matter for all Americans. Do all...
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donjacques
Mar 17, 20154 min read
5 Ways Black Churches are Engaging in HIV Prevention
By Terrinieka Williams Powell, PhD (Assistant Professor, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health) The CDC notes that...
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donjacques
Nov 17, 20147 min read
Ebola, Thomas Duncan’s Death, and the Biopolitics of Disposability
By Akhenaten B.S. Tankwanchi, PhD Although the word Ebola percolated into the American public consciousness over two decades ago owing to...
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