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24-Oct-2025

University of Phoenix College of Social and Behavioral Sciences leadership publishes white paper on trauma-informed education

University of Phoenix
Reports and Proceedings

University of Phoenix College of Social and Behavioral Sciences announces a new white paper, “Trauma-Informed Education – A Pathway for Relief, Retention, and Renewal,” authored by College leadership Sheila Babendir, Ed.D., LPAC; Barbara Burt, Psy.D.; Michelle Crawford-Morrison, LMFT, LPCC, NCC; Samantha E. Dutton, Ph.D., LCSW-R; Christine Karper, Ph.D., LMHC (QCS); and MaryJo Trombley, Ph.D. The paper asserts that implementing trauma-informed practices can improve outcomes for students and educators, driving retention and well-being while equipping learners with skills they can carry into the workplace.

24-Oct-2025

Child welfare system involvement may improve diagnosis of developmental delays

Penn State
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Infants and toddlers in Pennsylvania who are involved with child welfare services are more likely to have developmental delays identified early, according to a new study from researchers in the Penn State Child Health Research Center.

Journal: JAMA Health Forum
Funder: NIH/Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

24-Oct-2025

Online connections hold double-edged impact on teen mental health, Texas A&M study finds

Texas A&M University

A new review of the scholarly research to date, led by health behavior experts with the Texas A&M University School of Public Health, sheds light on these trends — the good, the bad and whether they are connected — and offers next steps for policy and the design of online environments.

24-Oct-2025

Data Protection is transforming humanitarian action in the digital age, new book shows

University of Exeter
Book Announcement

Humanitarian organisations must go beyond reactive compliance to data protection laws if they are to continue using technology in a principled, safe, and trusted way in the digital age, experts have said.

24-Oct-2025

A study involving UPF analyses explores how having a partner determines changes in fertility desires in Japan

Universitat Pompeu Fabra - Barcelona
Peer-Reviewed Publication

esearch involving Pompeu Fabra University studies the relationship between having or not having a romantic partner with changes in fertility desires in Japan. The study, which involved Ryohei Mogi, a researcher at the University’s Department of Political and Social Sciences, together with Ryota Mugiyama (Gakushuin University, Japan) and Alyce Raybould (University College London, UK), shows that people without a romantic partner are more likely to revise their fertility desires downwards, especially from “wanting children” to “unsure”. These findings underscore the importance of romantic relationships in shaping fertility desires and highlight that many people may remain unintentionally childless.

Journal: Social Forces
Funder: Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades, FSE+, Generalitat de Catalunya, KAKENHI Grant-in-Aid for Specially Promoted Research, scientific research

24-Oct-2025

Changes in labor income share of China: A micro-level anatomy

KeAi Communications Co., Ltd.

Using comprehensive firm-level databases, this study presents the different trends in aggregate and individual labor shares in China's manufacturing sector during 1998-2016.The divergence is driven by firms gradually increasing market share and reducing labor share.

Journal: China Economic Quarterly International
Funder: Major Program of the National Social Science Foundation of China

24-Oct-2025

A food tax shift could save lives – without a price hike in the average shopping basket

Chalmers University of Technology
Peer-Reviewed Publication

More expensive steak, cheaper tomatoes, but the same total cost for the average basket of groceries at the supermarket. A comprehensive study, led by researchers from Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden has analysed the potential effects of a food tax shift – where VAT is removed from healthy foods and levies are introduced on foods that have a negative impact on the climate. The study shows that a shift in taxes could have both environmental and human health benefits, and means that 700 fewer people in Sweden would die prematurely each year.

Journal: Ecological Economics