Exploring Strategies to Improve Access to Behavioral Health Care Services through Medicare and Medicaid

Exploring Strategies to Improve Access to Behavioral Health Care Services through Medicare and Medicaid, by The National Academies

Racial and Ethnic Disparities in All-Cause and Cause-Specific Mortality Among US Youth

Racial and Ethnic Disparities in All-Cause and Cause-Specific Mortality Among US Youth, in JAMA

key takeaway: "Injuries, especially firearm injuries, were associated with worsening disparities between Black and American Indian or Alaska Native and White youth. Between 2016 and 2020, the homicide rate in Black youth was 12.81 per 100 000 youth (rate ratio with White youth, 10.20), and the suicide rate for American Indian or Alaska Native youth was 11.37 per 100 000 youth (rate ratio with White youth, 2.60)."

Youth Experiencing Parental Death Due to Drug Poisoning and Firearm Violence in the US, 1999-2020

Youth Experiencing Parental Death Due to Drug Poisoning and Firearm Violence in the US, 1999-2020, in JAMA

key takeaway: "Between 1999 and 2020, an estimated 1.19 million US youth had a parent die by drug poisoning or firearms. In 2020, drugs and firearms caused 23% of all parental deaths compared with 12% in 1999, and Black youth experienced a disproportionate burden, mainly due to firearm deaths of fathers."