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Tracking visits to public points of interest can inform community health measures

It's not so much where people live, but where they frequently spend their time, that can provide useful information for predicting community health measures. A team led by geographers in the Penn State College of Earth and Mineral Sciences found that adding place visitation dataβ€”geographic data points collected from millions of anonymous cellphone users with GPS-enabled devicesβ€”to a population health model increased the model's predictive performance by an average of 7.5%.

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Simple messaging can help restore trust in US elections

Election officials can build public trust in procedures and resultsβ€”even among suspicious voters who fear partisan manipulationβ€”by creating videos that factually explain their security safeguards in simple terms. These are the findings of studies co-authored by a UC Riverside scholar, offering strategies for election officials to respond to false claims and conspiracy theories about election fraud and security, as well as suspicions that arise when mail-in ballot counting delays results.

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Study finds violence affects millions across US with links to health, economic hardship

A new national study reveals the widespread reach of violence across the United States, finding that more than half of U.S. adults have experienced physical violence and nearly half have experienced sexual violence in their lifetimes. The U.S. National Study on Violence Experiences Across the Lifespan (USVEX) also shows stark disparities in who experiences violence and how closely violence is linked to economic hardship, mental health and substance use.

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Study finds violence affects millions across US with links to health, economic hardship

A new national study reveals the widespread reach of violence across the United States, finding that more than half of U.S. adults have experienced physical violence and nearly half have experienced sexual violence in their lifetimes. The U.S. National Study on Violence Experiences Across the Lifespan (USVEX) also shows stark disparities in who experiences violence and how closely violence is linked to economic hardship, mental health and substance use.

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Young, eco-anxious Canadians are the most likely to support disruptive tactics by environmental activists, study finds

The tolerance of individual Canadians for radical forms of environmental activism depends on several factors. Overall, however, Canadians do not support vandalism or violence as forms of protest. Those are the key findings of a new study by researchers from McGill University and UniversitΓ© Laval. The findings are published in the Canadian Journal of Political Science.

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New research calls for more consistent, child-centered policing to build trust and protect children

New research co-led by the University of Bedfordshire and the University of Lancashire has highlighted the need for more consistent child-centered and safeguarding-led approaches across policing, with children and young people's experiences varying depending on where they live, whom they encounter, the reason for these encounters and how well systems support frontline practice.

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