Kathleen Mullan Harris Quotes

What's surprising is to see the decline in health across such a large array of outcomes. - Kathleen Mullan Harris

This is not a story where minorities are always worse off. It really depends on what behavior you are looking at. - Dr. Kathleen Mullan Harris

The disparities vary so much. It isn't one race or ethnic group that's always worse off. - Kathleen Mullan Harris

That means that there are no simple, across-the-board solutions for addressing health disparities. Instead, solutions must be sensitive to the different patterns of health risk that emerge across population groups as adolescents enter young adulthood. - Dr. Kathleen Mullan Harris

Our study is the first one of its kind because we followed the same people over time, looking at changes in their behavior. - Dr. Kathleen Mullan Harris

Our hypothesis is that young adults are more vulnerable to poor health practices than teenagers because they are leaving the more protective environments of home and school. - Kathleen Mullan Harris

Maybe this is a transitional period with no impact. Maybe these young people get married, cut back drinking, quit smoking and their diet improves. I can't wait to find out. - Kathleen Mullan Harris

It's stunning. We looked at 20 areas, and 16 out of the 20 showed declines in health indicators. - Kathleen Mullan Harris

A lot of these trends are to be expected. This is the age when young people experiment with different lifestyles and behaviors, and when they move out of the house they have even more freedom to do that. We expect that when they settle into more permanent jobs and unions, these trends will abate. - Dr. Kathleen Mullan Harris

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