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The chance of a healthy life is not the same for everyone. On behalf of the FOPH, the FHNW has conducted a study on the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the migrant population in Switzerland, which provides in-depth insights. In the study, the FHNW investigated the question of how severely the migrant population was affected by severe cases of Covid-19 and how they were able to cope with this crisis.

A new report from the WHO Regional Office for Europe reveals that condom use among sexually active adolescents has declined significantly since 2014, with rates of unprotected sex worryingly high. The new data were published as part of the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) study, which surveyed over 242,000 15-year-olds across 42 countries and regions in the period 2014 to 2022.

In two new studies, Yale researchers evaluate barriers limiting access to effective treatment for childhood obesity. Obesity now affects more than one in five children in the United States, and while there are effective, recommended interventions, availability is limited for most children. In two new studies, Yale researchers assessed the cost-effectiveness of one intervention and factors that have hindered and facilitated implementation of another to uncover strategies for improving access to effective pediatric obesity treatment.

On average, social segregation of students has increased in neighbourhoods where mainstream primary free schools opened, and neighbouring schools have lost students, finds a report by UCL researchers. The association between primary free schools and social segregation was relating to ethnicity, in that pupils in some areas were less likely to meet peers from other ethnic backgrounds at school than before the primary free school opened.

For the estimated 75,000 people experiencing homelessness in Los Angeles County, material hardships are compounded by an alarming level of discrimination and vulnerability to physical and sexual violence, according to a recent study by researchers at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health and colleagues.

Glasgow researchers spearhead study on justice system's health impact Researchers from the University of Glasgow are set to play a crucial role in a groundbreaking £1 million study examining the impact of Scotland's justice system on public health. The project, led by the University of Strathclyde and funded by the Scottish Government's Chief Scientist Office, aims to identify ways to improve health outcomes in disadvantaged communities across Scotland.

At the back of Ingersoll Rural Cemetery sits a grassy field about the size of a soccer pitch. On first glance, it is unremarkable; dappled in sunlight through the towering adjacent trees and filled with the sound of a train hammering by on the nearby tracks. Although it is surrounded by rows and rows of headstones, this field sits empty, except for three faded grave markers.

Researchers including Göttingen University show that modern behaviour explains prehistoric economies   What if the 'Market Economy' always existed? Archaeologists from the Universities of Göttingen in Germany and Salento in Italy tried to answer this question by researching how much Bronze Age people used to spend to sustain their daily lives.

There is a stark contrast in how young people access healthcare, depending on their income and where they live. According to a new study from Imperial College Business School , people aged 14 to 17 living in more affluent areas have easier and faster access to outpatient care, including mental health and dental services.

Research exposes the long-lasting effects of losing a family member in war-torn regions Each year, hundreds of thousands of people are affected by armed conflict, both directly, through loss of life, or indirectly, through the loss of family members. Researchers studied the extent and duration of bereavement among those who lost immediate family members in high-intensity conflicts.

More culturally responsive diversion programs are needed to prevent the incarceration of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, according to University of Queensland research. UQ's School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work PhD candidate Lorelle Holland , a Mandandanji woman, led a study which analysed the effectiveness of dozens of diversion programs across Australia which attempt to keep Indigenous children out of the youth justice system.

A University of Queensland-led study has found consumer vulnerability to cryptocurrency investment scams has little to do with socioeconomic status. Associate Professor Levon Blue in UQ's Office of the Deputy Vice-Chancellor Indigenous Engagement and affiliated with the School of Education said the biggest vulnerabilities for consumers were concerns over security, unsolicited advice, limited options for learning and a lack of financial and IT literacy.

A new paper published in Science Advances finds that life expectancy in India was 2.6 years lower in 2020 than 2019, with women and marginalised social groups suffering the greatest declines. The international study, co-authored by the Department of Sociology and the Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science 's Dr Aashish Gupta and Professor Ridhi Kashyap , reveals that life expectancy in India suffered large and unequal declines during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Warming temperatures mean shorter ice seasons for Inuit in Sanikiluaq, Nunavut. Of equal concern is the growing unpredictability of the ice packs used to travel and hunt. Small polynyas, where ocean currents, wind or other processes prevent ice from forming, can be very dangerous and must be spotted before travelling.

New study proposes a framework for "Child Safe AI" following recent incidents which revealed that many children see chatbots as quasi-human and trustworthy. When not designed with children's needs in mind, Artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots have an "empathy gap" that puts young users at particular risk of distress or harm, according to a study.

What to do with migrants that committed a crime, but are threatened in their country of origin? This question is difficult to answer, Julia Zomignani Barboza, a researcher at the Fundamental Rights Research Center at Vrije Universiteit Brussel found. Her extensive research delves into the complexities of regulating the situation of migrants who are at risk of human rights violations in their home countries but who have also committed crimes or are suspected of being dangerous to their host communities.

In the largest study of its kind, scientists at the University of Warwick have investigated a range of contributing risk factors for suicide - helping to identify individuals who might benefit from interventions. The behavioural and biological predictors, include elevated white blood cells, neuroticism, childhood experiences and reduced grey matter in the brain.

Why do civilians take the law into their own hands? Using Mexico as an example, ETH researcher Enzo Nussio shows how it's a combination of a weak state and strong local communities. In late March 2024, an eight-year-old girl went missing in Taxco, a small Mexican town two-and-a-half hours' drive south of Mexico City.

New research, by our Department of Psychology, has found that negative social contact among people of differing societal or cultural groups can have a disproportionate negative effect on broad social cohesion within communities. The research, led by Professor Stefania Paolini, analyses 70 years of research into the psychological effects of intergroup social contact.

EXPERTS ADVISORY U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy has declared firearm violence a public health crisis, saying it's time to deploy approaches similar to lifesaving anti-smoking and traffic safety campaigns to decrease deaths and injuries caused by guns. Researchers at the University of Michigan's Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention , School of Public Health and Michigan Medicine have endorsed this framework for decades, sharing critical data supporting this approach.