What We're Learning

The authors propose a theoretical framework to explain how poverty and reduced economic mobility lead to poor mental health outcomes in the United States. They also explore how guaranteed income or (un)conditional cash as possible mental ill-health prevention strategies.

Results show that ads with moral framing, rather than economic self-interest framing, may lead to more Americans signing up for health insurance. 

Participation in a college preparatory program (AVID) that groups together middle-performing with high-performing students was associated with better outcomes related to health behaviors, social networks, and psychosocial wellbeing.

From the abstract, "Cities with a paid sick leave policy had 17 percent higher vaccination coverage than cities without such a policy. We found stronger associations between paid sick leave and vaccination in the most socially vulnerable neighborhoods compared with the least socially vulnerable ones, and no association in the population ages sixty-five and older. Paid sick leave policies are associated with higher COVID-19 vaccination coverage and narrower coverage disparities. Increasing access to these policies may help increase vaccination and reduce inequities in coverage."

New research confirms that messages using respectful and transparent language in gun violence prevention advocacy efforts are the most likely to encourage gun owners to support those policies advocated by public health professionals.