Abstract The 2016 election of United States (US) President Donald Trump was a political
event that may have affected population-level mental health. A prominent theme in the …

Scholars cite racist political-economic systems as drivers of health inequities in the United
States (ie, racial capitalism). But how does racial capitalism generate health inequities? I …

Abstract On November 4, 2008, Barack Obama was elected the first Black President of the
United States. His campaign and electoral win served as a symbol of hope for a more just …

This article presents the role of negative sentiment as a tool for re-constructing power
relationships in socio-cultural relations as intentionally used by political and religious …

Purpose: Multi-level hostility toward sexual minority (SM; includes, but is not limited to those
identifying as gay, lesbian, bisexual, queer, or same-gender loving) and other minority …

Rationale Researchers have rarely considered how public attention surrounding political
events influences mental health. Specifically, in a politically polarized nation like the United …

Objective To investigate the associations between county-level political group density,
partisan polarization, and individual-level mortality from all causes and from coronary heart …

Abstract On January 6, 2021, rioters stormed the US Capitol to overturn the Congressional
certification of Joseph Biden as the 46th president of the United States. In previous work, the …

Recent research indicates that political developments and events can have important
implications for health. In this study, we use data from a large, nationally representative …

This study investigated the mental health significance of Barack Obama's 2012 presidential
re-election among Blacks. Upon his re-election, we hypothesized Blacks would either feel …