Spending on social and public health services and its association with homicide in the USA: an ecological study.

Objective: To examine whether state-level spending on social and public health services is associated with lower rates of homicide in the USA.

Design: Ecological study.

Setting: USA.

Community factors related to healthy eating & active living in counties with lower than expected adult obesity rates.

Background: Adult obesity rates in the United States have reached epidemic proportions, yet vary considerably across states and counties. We sought to explore community-level factors that may be associated with reduced adult obesity rates at the county level.

Methods: We identified six U.

State variation in HIV/AIDS health outcomes: the effect of spending on social services and public health.

Objective: Despite considerable advances in the prevention and treatment of HIV/AIDS, the burden of new infections of HIV and AIDS varies substantially across the country. Previous studies have demonstrated associations between increased healthcare spending and better HIV/AIDS outcomes; however, less is known about the association between spending on social services and public health spending and HIV/AIDS outcomes. We sought to examine the association between state-level spending on social services and public health and HIV/AIDS case rates and AIDS deaths across the United States.