Massachusetts Department of Public Health

“I Just Need Guidance Through This Maze I’m Going Through”: Addressing Unmet Basic and Mental Health Needs to Facilitate Engagement in HIV Prevention Services in the Context of Stimulant Use

There is a global syndemic of HIV, mental health challenges, substance use, and structural barriers. Critical to local HIV prevention efforts is understanding this syndemic in the context of rising stimulant use to inform intervention development. Adhering to the EPIS model, we c...

Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: Recurrence and Future Type 2 Diabetes Risk Across Racial and Ethnic Groups

OBJECTIVE Despite rising diabetes prevalence among women, data on long-term diabetes risk following gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM), particularly its recurrence, remain limited, especially for Asian women. This study examined associations among GDM, its recurrence, and subseq...