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(https://ifp.nyu.edu/2024/infographics/health-coverage-rates-vary-widely-across-and-within-racial-and-ethnic-groups-2/) Health Coverage Rates Vary Widely Across — and Within — Racial and Ethnic Groups
May 21st 2024, 15:57

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(https://ifp.nyu.edu/2024/news/hhs-mental-health-accomplishments-by-the-numbers/) HHS Mental Health Accomplishments by the Numbers
May 21st 2024, 15:23

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(https://ifp.nyu.edu/2024/journal-article-abstracts/johc-12199/) Conversations of life and death: Experiences of death awareness and Death Café participation
May 21st 2024, 15:08

Abstract
To understand the experiences of Death Café attendees and facilitators, the current qualitative study entailed interviews with nine participants focused on mortality awareness. Discussion of findings explores how mortality awareness influences culture and values. Implications explore how death and mortality can be addressed in counseling practice.
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(https://ifp.nyu.edu/2024/journal-article-abstracts/2816703/) Ultraprocessed Foods Linked With 32 Types of Health Problems
May 21st 2024, 15:07

Ultraprocessed foods include ready-to-eat meals, snacks, and sugary drinks that contain a long list of ingredients and additives designed to make the food sellable or palatable. Now these foods have been associated with more than 30 health conditions, a review of 45 meta-analyses involving about 9.9 million participants found.
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(https://ifp.nyu.edu/2024/news/op-ed-supporting-social-workers-in-addressing-new-yorks-mental-health-crisis/) Op-Ed | Supporting social workers in addressing New York’s mental health crisis
May 21st 2024, 14:52

Jacqueline Mondros, DSW is Dean and Professor Emeritus at the Stony Brook University School of Social Welfare and Interim Executive Director of Social Workers for Justi
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(https://ifp.nyu.edu/2024/open-access-journal-articles/osp4-761/) Association between psychological resilience and body mass index in a community‐based population: A cross‐sectional study
May 21st 2024, 14:37

Higher levels of psychological resilience are associated with elevated BMI, whereas lower resilience scores are linked to underweight, especially among females. This highlights the complex interplay between psychological resilience and weight management, emphasizing the necessity for targeted interventions to address the diverse impact of psychological factors on weight outcomes.

Abstract
Background and Objective
While earlier studies have focused on the relationship between stress and obesity, there was a gap in understanding the potential impact of positive psychological factors, such as resilience, on obesity. By investigating the role of psychological resilience with obesity, this study aimed to address this gap and tackle obesity through a positive psychological framework.
Methods
Participants consisted of 2445 community residents from Shenzhen, China, with a mean age of 41.09 ± 13.72 years, comprising 846 males and 1599 females. Psychological resilience was measured using the Brief Resilience Scale; gender, age, marital status, education level, smoking status, alcohol consumption, frequency of physical exercise, and perceived stress were considered potential confounding factors. The relationship between psychological resilience and body mass index (BMI) was examined through multiple linear regression and logistic regression analyses.
Results
The participants had an average psychological resilience score of 3.46 (standard deviation [SD] = 0.62) and an average BMI of 22.59 (SD = 3.35), with 104 individuals (4.3%) identified with obesity. In the fully adjusted multiple linear regression model, a higher psychological resilience score was associated with a higher BMI (β = 0.507, 95% CI:0.283, 0.731). In the logistic regression model, higher psychological resilience scores were linked to increased obesity risk, with a more significant association observed among males (odds ratio [OR] = 2.169, 95% CI:1.155, 4.073), while psychological resilience acted as a protective factor against underweight among females (OR = 0.528, 95% CI:0.376, 0.816).
Conclusion
The study demonstrated a significant link between higher psychological resilience and elevated BMI, emphasizing the complex relationship between psychological fortitude and weight management. Interventions targeting socioeconomic status, education, lifestyle habits, and physiological well-being might offer a promising strategy for enhancing psychological resilience and promoting healthier weight. Emphasizing self-efficacy and coping skills at the individual level could contribute to balanced weight and comprehensive health outcomes, addressing the global challenge of obesity.
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(https://ifp.nyu.edu/2024/journal-article-abstracts/spc3-12953/) The invention of race and the persistence of racial hierarchy: White privilege, White supremacy, and White colorblindness
May 21st 2024, 14:08

Abstract
Given the long history of contention over the meaning of race and the continued discomfort about what role it plays in the structure of inequality, I endeavor to clarify the origins of the association of race with skin color and other physical features by briefly discussing the historical record by which race became codified in law. My focus is the U.S. and specifically Colonial Virginia, where the codification of racial categories in law was especially consequential. I also discuss the existence of a racial hierarchy in which Whites are dominant and Nonwhites of various types are subordinate. I argue that the continued existence of this racial hierarchy not only has a legacy from the past, but it is reproduced in the present and continues to have major effects on the life chances of those thought of as belonging to different racial groups. I also discuss the elasticity, ambiguity, and contested nature of racial classifications, as well as the internal differentiation among those thought to belong to the same racial groups and the changes and variations over time that are continually remaking the meaning of race. Because of the political significance of race, I also clarify the meaning of key concepts that have been receiving recent attention: White privilege, White supremacy, and White colorblindness. Finally, I discuss race as a process rather than as a classification and briefly discuss how Whites and men can become allies, advocates, and activists in support of social justice.
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(https://ifp.nyu.edu/2024/journal-article-abstracts/sextrans-2023-056007v1/) Reach of GetCheckedOnline among gay, bisexual, transgender and queer men and Two-Spirit people and correlates of use 5 years after program launch in British Columbia, Canada
May 21st 2024, 12:28

Objectives
Understanding who uses internet-based sexually transmitted and blood-borne infection (STBBI) services can inform programme implementation, particularly among those most impacted by STBBIs, including gender and sexual minority (GSM) men. GetCheckedOnline, an internet-based STBBI testing service in British Columbia, Canada, launched in 2014. Our objectives were to assess reach, identify factors associated with use of GetCheckedOnline 5 years into implementation and describe reasons for using and not using GetCheckedOnline among GSM men.
Methods
The Sex Now 2019 Survey was an online, cross-sectional survey of GSM men in Canada administered from November 2019 to February 2020. Participants were asked a subset of questions related to use of GetCheckedOnline. Multivariable binary logistic regression modelling was used to estimate associations between correlates and use of GetCheckedOnline.
Results
Of 431 British Columbia (BC) participants aware of GetCheckedOnline, 27.6% had tested using the service. Lower odds of having used GetCheckedOnline were found among participants with non-white race/ethnicity (adjusted OR (aOR)=0.41 (95% CI 0.21 to 0.74)) and those living with HIV (aOR=0.23 (95% CI 0.05 to 0.76)). Those who usually tested at a walk-in clinic, relative to a sexual health clinic, had greater odds of using GetCheckedOnline (aOR=3.91 (95% CI 1.36 to 11.61)). The most commonly reported reason for using and not using GetCheckedOnline was convenience (78%) and only accessing the website to see how the service worked (48%), respectively.
Conclusion
Over a quarter of GSM men in BC aware of GetCheckedOnline had used it. Findings demonstrate the importance of social/structural factors related to use of GetCheckedOnline. Service promotion strategies could highlight its convenience and privacy benefits to enhance uptake.

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(https://ifp.nyu.edu/2024/monographs-edited-collections/social-policy-3rd-edition/) Social Policy, 3rd Edition
May 21st 2024, 12:22

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(https://ifp.nyu.edu/2024/open-access-journal-articles/s12954-024-00928-9/) Factors associated with obtaining prescribed safer supply among people accessing harm reduction services: findings from a cross-sectional survey
May 21st 2024, 12:09

With growing rates of unregulated drug toxicity death and concerns regarding COVID-19 transmission among people who use drugs, in March 2020, prescribed safer supply guidance was released in British Columbia. …
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(https://ifp.nyu.edu/2024/grey-literature/annie-e-casey-foundation-2023-annual-report/) Annie E. Casey Foundation: 2023 Annual Report
May 21st 2024, 12:02

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(https://ifp.nyu.edu/2024/journal-article-abstracts/medhum-2023-012733v1/) ‘Who Sanitizes the Sanitizer?: COVID Comics and Sanitisers
May 21st 2024, 11:57

Much like face masks, hand sanitisers have become a household item and a prominent symbol since the COVID-19 pandemic. As sanitisers began to be widely used, contingent issues related to toxic ingredients in sanitising products, heightened pandemic-related anxiety, unscrupulous profiteering through inflated sanitiser prices, obsessive sanitisation, contamination fear, stockpiling, panic buying, and concerns regarding the overall effectiveness of hand sanitisers emerged. Building on these themes, the present article investigates the various issues related to sanitisers after a brief review of the history of sanitisers. To do so, the present article analyses sequential comics and single-panelled cartoons from comic artists such as Randall Munroe, Sarah Morrisette, Shivesh Shrivastava and Dan McConnell. This essay extends its inquiry beyond examining sanitisation practices during the COVID-19 pandemic and associated cultural implications. Drawing on insights from Object Oriented Ontology, this article brings to relief how sanitisers have evolved into objects that hold, govern and shape our modern existence. Furthermore, the present article highlights how the comic medium visually enunciates the lived experiences of the pandemic, rituals of sanitising and associated issues.
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(https://ifp.nyu.edu/2024/video/nih-toolbox-assessments-conference-day-1-main-auditorium/) NIH Toolbox Assessments Conference: Day 1 Main Auditorium
May 21st 2024, 11:34

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(https://ifp.nyu.edu/2024/journal-article-abstracts/bmjsrh-2023-202050v1/) Developing an accessible audiovisual animation to provide information about postpartum contraception
May 21st 2024, 11:34

Why was this audiovisual animation needed?
The postpartum period is a high-risk time for unintended pregnancy and abortion.1 Short inter-pregnancy intervals are associated with an increased risk of most obstetric complications2 but accessing appointments to discuss and initiate contraception can be difficult for new parents after leaving the maternity unit.1 The antenatal period offers a unique opportunity to discuss and provide information about future fertility and contraceptive choices after childbirth, and to facilitate postpartum contraceptive provision.3 Antenatal contraceptive discussions are not routinely offered in the UK, and the quality and consistency of information can be highly variable.3 Those from diverse backgrounds may find it more difficult to access information that suits their needs.4
Audiovisual animation is a useful tool for providing health information. Low literacy levels can mean that written information is not always fully understood. The use of…

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(https://ifp.nyu.edu/2024/journal-article-abstracts/ip-2023-044959v1/) Understanding three approaches to reporting sudden unexpected infant death in the USA
May 21st 2024, 11:31

Introduction
In the USA each year, there are approximately 3400 sudden unexpected infant (<1 year of age) deaths (SUID) which occur without an obvious cause before an investigation. SUID includes the causes of death (COD) undetermined/unknown, sleep-related suffocation/asphyxia and sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS); these are often called SUID subtypes. Three common ways SUID subtypes are grouped (SUID subtype groups) include International Classification of Diseases (ICD) Codes, SUID Case Registry Categories or Child Death Review (CDR)-Assigned Causes. These groups are often used to monitor SUID trends and characteristics at the local, state and national levels. We describe and compare the characteristics of these three SUID subtype groups.
Discussion
SUID subtype groups are distinct and not directly interchangeable. They vary in purpose, strengths, limitations, uses, history, data years available, population coverage, assigning entity, guidance documentation and information available to assign subtypes.
Conclusion
Making informed decisions about which SUID subtype group to use is important for reporting statistics, increasing knowledge of SUID epidemiology and informing prevention strategies.

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(https://ifp.nyu.edu/2024/video/optimizing-deep-brain-stimulation-for-obsessive-compulsive-disorder/) Optimizing Deep Brain Stimulation for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
May 21st 2024, 11:16

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(https://ifp.nyu.edu/2024/journal-article-abstracts/medhum-2023-012840v1/) Portals to the past and bridges to the future: exploring the impact of doulas on the birthing experiences of black and Latinx women
May 21st 2024, 10:33

Introduction
In the USA, maternal morbidity and mortality is markedly higher for women of colour than for white women. The presence of a doula has been associated with positive birthing outcomes for white individuals, but the experiences of women of colour remain underexplored. The purpose of this qualitative paper is to understand the attitudes of black and Latinx communities towards doula-supported birthing practices.
Methods
The perspectives of people of colour, both birthing women and doulas, were investigated through popular media sources, including blogs, magazine articles, podcasts and video interviews. Of 108 popular media sources identified in the initial search, 27 included direct accounts from birthing women or doulas and were therefore included in this paper. Thematic analysis was conducted by the grounded theory method.
Results
Emerging themes reveal that doula presence allows for the experience of ancestral power, connection to the granny midwives, cultural translation in medical settings and physical protection of the birthing woman. When labouring with the support of a doula, women report the emotional and physical presence of their ancestors. Similarly, doulas recognise an ancestral presence within the birthing woman, and doulas experience their occupation as carrying on ancestral tradition and feel a strong vocational tie to the granny midwives of the American South. Lastly, doulas mediate communication between birthing women, their families and medical providers by emphasising the need for consent and patient autonomy.
Conclusion
By connecting women of colour to historic and ancient spaces as well as providing comfort and familiarity in the birthing space, doulas grant their clients the self-advocacy and empowerment needed to survive the present. Doulas serve as protectors of women of colour and have become an important piece to bridging society from the current maternal health crisis to a more equitable future.

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(https://ifp.nyu.edu/2024/guidelines-plus/a-standard-framework-for-evaluating-large-health-care-data-and-related-resources/) A Standard Framework for Evaluating Large Health Care Data and Related Resources
May 21st 2024, 10:16

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(https://ifp.nyu.edu/2024/meta-analyses-systematic-reviews/the-interplay-between-climate-change-and-ageing-a-systematic-review-of-health-indicators/) The interplay between climate change and ageing: A systematic review of health indicators
May 21st 2024, 10:11

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(https://ifp.nyu.edu/2024/open-access-journal-articles/s12939-023-02050-x/) Emergency department care experiences among people who use substances: a qualitative study
May 21st 2024, 10:09

People who use substances (PWUS) encounter significant barriers to accessing care for their complex health needs. As a result, emergency departments (EDs) often become the first point of healthcare access for …
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(https://ifp.nyu.edu/2024/news/social-workers-are-at-the-center-of-redesigned-ramsey-county-911-call-center/) Social workers are at the center of redesigned Ramsey County 911 call center
May 21st 2024, 10:02

A shift in seating – and resources – for embedded crisis teams is having a profound impact on all.
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(https://ifp.nyu.edu/2024/grey-literature/gaoverview-understanding-waste-in-federal-programs/) GAOverview: Understanding Waste in Federal Programs
May 21st 2024, 09:59

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(https://ifp.nyu.edu/2024/podcasts/independent-play-key-to-countering-childrens-declining-mental-health/) Independent Play Key to Countering Children’s Declining Mental Health
May 21st 2024, 09:44

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(https://ifp.nyu.edu/2024/journal-article-abstracts/sextrans-2023-056000v1/) Frequent chlamydia and gonorrhoea but very infrequent syphilis among men who have sex with men using HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis in West Africa
May 21st 2024, 09:29

Objectives
Although oral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV is being rolled out in West Africa, data on sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in PrEP users are scarce. We assessed the prevalence, incidence and determinants of bacterial STIs in men who have sex with men (MSM) taking PrEP in Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Mali and Togo.
Methods
A prospective cohort study among MSM initiating PrEP as part of a comprehensive HIV prevention package was conducted between 2017 and 2021 in community-based clinics in the four study countries. Molecular screening for Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) and Neisseria gonorrhoeae (NG) was performed at months 0, 6 and 12. Serological testing for syphilis was performed every 3 months over the first year of follow-up. Determinants of CT and/or NG incidence were identified using Poisson generalised linear mixed models.
Results
A total of 598 participants with a median age of 24.7 years were included. Prevalence of CT and/or NG was 24.4% (95% CI 21.0 to 28.1), 22.4% (95% CI 18.4 to 26.8) and 29.0% (95% CI 24.2 to 34.1) at months 0, 6 and 12, respectively. The prevalence of syphilis ranged from 0.2% (95% CI 0.0 to 0.9) at month 0 to 0.8% (95% CI 0.2 to 2.4) at month 12. Ninety incident CT and/or NG infections occurred during a total follow-up time of 280.6 person-years (incidence rate 32.1 per 100 person-years, 95% CI 25.8 to 39.4). Three incident syphilis infections were detected during a total follow-up time of 459.7 person-years (incidence rate 0.7 per 100 person-years, 95% CI 0.1 to 1.9). CT and/or NG incidence was associated with condomless insertive anal sex (adjusted incidence rate ratio 1.96, 95% CI 1.04 to 3.71, p=0.038).
Conclusions
CT and NG were frequent but syphilis was very infrequent in MSM using HIV PrEP in West Africa. HIV programme managers should integrate STI services into PrEP programmes.

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(https://ifp.nyu.edu/2024/journal-article-abstracts/jech-2023-221602v1/) SARS-CoV-2 vaccine uptake and risks of severe COVID-19 disease among people prescribed opioid agonist therapy in Scotland
May 21st 2024, 08:28

Background
There is limited evidence quantifying the risk of severe COVID-19 disease among people with opioid dependence. We examined vaccine uptake and severe disease (admission to critical care or death with COVID-19) among individuals prescribed opioid agonist therapy (OAT).
Method
A case–control design was used to examine vaccine uptake in those prescribed OAT compared with the general population, and the association between severe disease and OAT. In both analyses, 10 controls from the general population were matched (to each OAT recipient and COVID-19 case, respectively) according to socio-demographic factors. Conditional logistic regression was used to estimate rate ratios (RR) for severe disease.
Results
Vaccine uptake was markedly lower in the OAT cohort (dose 1: 67%, dose 2: 53% and dose 3: 31%) compared with matched controls (76%, 72% and 57%, respectively). Those prescribed OAT within the last 5 years, compared with those not prescribed, had increased risk of severe COVID-19 (RR 3.38, 95% CI 2.75 to 4.15), particularly in the fourth wave (RR 6.58, 95% CI 4.20 to 10.32); adjustment for comorbidity and vaccine status attenuated this risk (adjusted RR (aRR) 2.43, 95% CI 1.95 to 3.02; wave 4 aRR 3.78, 95% CI 2.30 to 6.20). Increased risk was also observed for those prescribed OAT previously (>3 months ago) compared with recently (aRR 1.74, 95% CI 1.11 to 2.71).
Conclusions
The widening gap in vaccine coverage for those prescribed OAT, compared with the general population, is likely to have exacerbated the risk of severe COVID-19 in this population over the pandemic. However, continued OAT use may have provided protection from severe COVID-19 among those with opioid dependence.

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(https://ifp.nyu.edu/2024/journal-article-abstracts/jme-2023-109814v2/) Keeping it in the family: reproduction beyond genetic parenthood
May 21st 2024, 07:47

Recent decades have seen the facilitation of unconventional or even extraordinary reproductive endeavours. Sperm has been harvested from dying or deceased men at the request of their wives; reproductive tissue has been surgically removed from children at the request of their parents; deceased adults’ frozen embryos have been claimed by their parents, in order to create grandchildren; wombs have been transplanted from mothers to their daughters. What is needed for requests to be honoured by healthcare staff is that they align with widely shared expectations about what people’s reproductive potential ought to be, what marital relationships ought to result in, and which kinds of ties are desirable between parents and children. Costly and invasive technologies are not considered excessive when they are used to support the building of appropriate families. However, deviations from dominant reproductive norms, even if technologically simple and convenient to the participants, are unlikely to receive support. In this paper, we offer examples of such deviations and explore their implications. If reproduction is important as a way of creating genetic relationships, should reproductive material in storage be offered to genetic relatives other than the people from whom it originated? And if parents are allowed to have reproductive material collected from their offspring, or even to use it to create babies, should offspring likewise be allowed to use their parents’ reproductive material? We tackle these questions and suggest ways in which interests in genetic ties could be operationalised in a more coherent and less-invasive manner than they currently are.
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(https://ifp.nyu.edu/2024/journal-article-abstracts/sextrans-2023-055939v1/) Performance evaluation of a self-administered point-of-care test for anal HPV screening in PrEP users: data from a community-based PrEP service
May 21st 2024, 07:29

Objectives
In this study, we compared the performance of a self-administered point-of-care test (POCT) for anal human papillomavirus (HPV) screening with laboratory gold-standard test in pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) users and evaluated its feasibility.
Methods
We enrolled PrEP users from a local community-based PrEP service. Each participant self-collected an anal swab to test anal HPV with a PCR POCT capable of detecting 14 high-risk HPV genotypes. Anonymous questionnaires on self-sampling feasibility were completed. Participants were then referred to local clinics to undergo standard viral genotyping. Concordance between POCT and gold-standard test was measured with absolute agreement and Cohen’s kappa. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves were used to calculate POCT sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value (PPV) and negative predictive value (NPV).
Results
179 subjects got a valid POCT result, most of them men (98.3%) and men who have sex with men (90.4%). 68.2% tested positive for at least one high-risk HPV genotype on POCT. 150 feasibility questionnaires were collected: 92.7% of compilers found the self-swab easy to perform. For 178 subjects, a gold-standard test valid result was also available: 77% tested positive for at least one high-risk HPV genotype. The median time elapsed between the two tests was 9.8 months, due to COVID-19-related service interruptions. Agreement between POCT and gold-standard test was 79.3% (Cohen’s kappa=0.49). POCT showed a sensitivity of 81.0%, a specificity of 73.8%, a PPV of 91.0% and an NPV of 54.4%.
Conclusions
POCT showed a moderate agreement with gold-standard test and a discrete sensitivity and specificity, suggesting that it could be a useful and feasible additional tool for HPV screening, especially in low-resource and community-based settings.

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May 21st 2024, 06:44

Stalking cases in Ireland surged since the pandemic, a leading forensic psychologist has warned. Dr Kevin Lambe, who has carried out psychological assessments on some of the country’s violent criminals for the State, says violence in Irish society has reached a level where it should be classed as a public health emergency.
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(https://ifp.nyu.edu/2024/journal-article-abstracts/tc-2024-058605v1/) Mate, an Argentinian icon used to promote cigarettes
May 21st 2024, 06:29

One of the marketing strategies the tobacco industry deploys is the use of culturally significant symbols, practices and values to promote its products.1 2 Between October and November 2023, Marlboro launched a promotion in Argentina related to the caffeine-rich infused herbal drink mate, a deep-rooted tradition among Argentines. The promotion was identified in a convenience store in Buenos Aires during routine monitoring of tobacco products. With the purchase of a pack of Marlboro Crafted cigarettes and an additional payment of 1000 Argentine pesos (US$2.81), the customer receives a mate and bombilla, that is, the container and straw needed to drink the infusion with the same name (see figure 1). Notably, the standalone price of the same mate and bombilla online was 6000 pesos (US$16.86), making this promotion a considerable value proposition.
Figure 1

Marlboro Crafted promotion, with mate and bombilla.

Mate is an expression…
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May 21st 2024, 05:43

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