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Elsevier, American Journal of Preventive Medicine, Volume 68, April 2025
Introduction: Cash bail reforms that end pretrial detention owing to the inability to afford bail have been highly debated across the U.S. A major concern cited by bail reform opponents is that reducing pretrial detention will increase community violence, particularly violence against women. The objective of this study was to assess whether New Jersey's cash bail reform was associated with changes in rates of fatal violence against women.
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S. Bhattacharya & G. Nikitas, Energy and Climate Change: Our New Future, 2025, Pages 197-224

This chapter supports SDGs 7, 11, and 13, by providing an overview of wind energy and current challenges and opportunities, with a particular focus on offshore wind energy which is an increasingly important part of the energy transition.

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Massimiliano, Rosa-Clot & Tina, Progress in Floating Photovoltaic Systems, 2025, Pages 1-23

This chapter supports SDGs 7, 11, and 13, by providing an overview of floating photovoltaics as a major segment within photovoltaics, reviewing the current situation and future potential of floating PV as a key area of solar energy.

This piece demonstrates the extent to which switching to clean electricity can create co-benefits for climate and human health. Right timing given Trump's love of coal.
This article examines the differences in heat-related illness (HRI) outcomes between urban and rural areas in the United States using data from the National Emergency Medical Services Information System (NEMSIS) from 2021 to 2023.
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Current Developments in Nutrition, Volume 9, Issue 3, March 2025, 104493

The article dicusses the need for early, culturally grounded interventions to support healthy beverage habits among Navajo and other Indigenous children. While early childhood education programs are generally promoting healthy choices, most children remain at risk due to inadequate hydration and high sugar-sweetened beverage intake, compounded by ongoing challenges in water accessibility and safety. Strengthening access to safe drinking water and leveraging Indigenous cultural traditions can serve as protective factors, supporting better health outcomes and reducing disparities in diet-related diseases for American Indian children. Future efforts should focus on community engagement and culturally responsive strategies to sustain healthy habits.

Elsevier, American Journal of Preventive Medicine, Volume 68, March 2025
Introduction: There are large racial disparities in maternal health that cannot be explained by education, income, or other individual-level risk factors. This cross-sectional study estimated associations between racial inequity in police use of force at the community level and health outcomes of Black and White women. Methods: Birth records were linked to maternal hospital discharge records and municipal police department data for 326,240 births occurring between January 1, 2012, and December 31, 2016, to Black and White women in the state of New Jersey.
The authors suggest that being denied a desired contraceptive method (downward coercion) may have a more profound negative impact on patients' self-efficacy, self-esteem, and reproductive autonomy. Patient autonomy needs to be safeguarded
Academic Medical Centers play a key role in providing comprehensive abortion services, from primary care to complex specialty care, and in training future clinicians in abortion provision. The weekly number of abortions at University of Washington remained stable after Dobbs.

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