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Social & Behavior

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13-Feb-2025

UH researchers developing new Android app targeting Hispanic smokers

University of Houston
Peer-Reviewed Publication

University of Houston researchers have created a first-of-its-kind, Spanish-language Android app designed specifically to help Hispanic smokers quit with guidance designed to reflect their cultural experiences.

13-Feb-2025

Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital invest $1.8 million in childhood cancer research

Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation
Grant and Award Announcement

The Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital have announced their newest class of pediatric cancer research fellows, each of whom will receive funding for four years ($300,000 total) to support an innovative research project with the potential to significantly impact the diagnosis or treatment of one or more pediatric cancers.

13-Feb-2025

The complicated question of how we determine who has an accent

Ohio State University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

How do you tell if someone has a particular accent? It might seem obvious: You hear someone pronounce words in a way that is different from “normal” and connect it to other people from a specific place. But a new study suggests that might not be the case.

Journal: Journal of Sociolinguistics

13-Feb-2025

Regular access to therapy dogs boosts first-year students’ mental health

Washington State University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

College students who spent a little bit of free time each week interacting with therapy dogs on campus during their first semester experienced fewer signs of stress and depression than those who did not. That’s according to the PAWs4US study, a new paper published in Pets that examined how regular, long-term access to an animal-assisted drop-in program at Washington State University influenced first-year students’ mental health.

Journal: Pets

13-Feb-2025

Discussing barriers, concerns key for getting older adults vaccinated

University of Virginia Health System
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A clear endorsement from their healthcare provider and being supplied information about recommended vaccines before their clinic visit spurred more older Americans to get vaccinated, a new University of Virginia School of Medicine study found.

Journal: Open Forum Infectious Diseases

13-Feb-2025

Feeling supported and listened to by our partner improves physical and emotional health, according to a study by the University of Granada

University of Granada
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers at the University of Granada, in collaboration with other universities, have adapted and validated in Spanish the Perceived Responsiveness and Insensitivity Scale (PRIS-SA), a tool that measures the degree to which a person feels understood, validated and cared for by their partner

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A greater perception of response from one’s partner is associated with health benefits

Journal: Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

13-Feb-2025

When politics becomes a risk factor – how the political climate influences the health of migrant trainees

University of Konstanz
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new study by the Cluster of Excellence "The Politics of Inequality" at the University of Konstanz examines the impact of right-wing populist election results on the well-being and integration of trainees with an immigrant background. The results show that regional support for the German far-right party Alternative for Germany (AfD) plays a decisive role in experiences of discrimination and related health consequences for migrant workers.

Journal: Academy of Management Journal