Bruce G. Link

Jul 1, 2024 | jamanetwork.com | Lawrence Yang |Maureen A Eger |Bruce G. Link

No, they’re not humans, they’re not humans, they’re animals. Former President Donald Trump, in reference to immigrants, April 2, 20241 The politicization of immigration, heightened by the crisis at the US-Mexico border and amplified by the gravity of the 2024 US presidential election, has profound public health consequences not only for immigrants but also ethnic and racial minority groups.

Feb 13, 2024 | tandfonline.com | David Doyle |Bruce G. Link

ABSTRACTWe propose a psychologically-informed concept of social health to join physical and mental components in a more comprehensive assessment of human health.

Dec 4, 2023 | journals.uchicago.edu | Jennifer Stuber |Sandro Galea |Bruce G. Link

Smoking has become increasingly socially unacceptable in the United States, and the change coincides with a decline in tobacco use. This growing social unacceptability raises an important new question: Do people who smoke think they are stigmatized? Stigmas may function as a source of social control, contributing to smokers’ decisions to quit in order to avoid stigmatization and social exclusion.