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WebPublishing daily on population health and social justice. While overdose prevention programs in New York City distributed nearly 80,000 naloxone kits in a single year, some areas of the city face …

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Immigrant Health is Public Health

WebImmigration can be considered a social determinant of health for a variety of reasons. From a macro level, it is the structural …

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Racial Disparities, Prescription Medications, and

WebHere are four policy options for addressing racial disparities in access to prescription medication: Continue to Expand Medicaid. One in five people of color have access to prescription drugs through Medicaid. …

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Human Health and Ocean Pollution

WebHis research examines health impacts of toxic environmental hazards. Dr. Landrigan co-chaired The Lancet Commission on Pollution and Health, which reported in 2018 that pollution causes 9 million deaths …

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Health Insurance and Infant Mortality in the U.S.

WebWe found privately insured infants had a lower rate of infant death compared to those insured by Medicaid (2.75 vs. 5.30 deaths per 1,000 live births). Infants with …

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Social Investing to Cut Healthcare Costs

WebCombining these data with data from the Health Care Cost Institute allowed us to determine the per capita health care costs of non-elderly adults with employer-sponsored health insurance. Our analysis …

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But What Exactly is Public Health

WebMy mentor and colleague, the late Dr. Bill Bicknell, did: “Public health is the art of deciding who dies when and in what degree of misery.”. His definition is intended to deflate the collective idealism of our …

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Innovation for Rural Health

WebRecent reports indicate troubling declines in the health of rural Americans and a growing rural-urban mortality disparity.Rural areas are further constrained by provider shortages and a rural hospital closure …

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At Risk: Student Surveys and Youth Health

WebStudent health surveys are a critical tool for making data-driven decisions to protect and improve the health of young people. As an example, the Centers for Disease …

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Why Health Data Is Good Infrastructure

WebHealth information networks are ready to support their states as health data utilities and serve as silo busters, connectors, and enablers for the healthcare future we …

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Humidity and Your Health

WebThe Wellbuilt for Wellbeing study (sponsored by the US General Services Administration in partnership with the University of Arizona, Baylor College of Medicine, …

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Public Art as Public Health

WebThe health impact of community-engaged and community-based public art is more complex to measure in terms of health impact, but what we do know from …

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Reproductive Health Care Requires Reproductive Justice

WebPublic health researcher Nancy Krieger acknowledged in a 1990 commencement address to UC Berkeley’s School of Public health that public health is …

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Wealth and Health

WebIn sum, what we call “wealth” refers to distinct financial and material resources for health, and these resources are distributed unequally across social groups …

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Misinformation, Fake News, and Our Health

WebMay 20, 2019. Research. These days, discussions about health misinformation (defined here as, false content that is intentionally, unconsciously, or mistakenly circulated) are …

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Education as a Social Determinant of Health

WebEducation is one of the most powerful drivers of wellness, particularly with regard to life expectancy and healthy behaviors. A Robert Wood Johnson Foundation …

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Social Determinants of Breastfeeding in the United States

WebSocial determinants of health are the “conditions in the environments where people are born, live, learn, work, play, worship, and age that affect a wide range of …

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Common Myths About Obesity

WebMisinformation leads to ill-advised public health approaches to treating obesity. At least three quarters of media reports emphasize “individual responsibility” …

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Empowering Rural Youth

WebEmpowering Rural Youth. By Dani Weissert. May 7, 2024. Databyte. Where we live matters. Our hometowns influence our health, the availability of systems we turn to for support, …

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Economic Policy as Health Policy

WebFurther, public health advocates must accept that a fuller incorporation of economic policy as health policy is likely to require leadership primarily from the health …

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Reproductive Justice: What It Means and Why It

WebReproductive justice links reproductive rights with the social, political and economic inequalities that affect a woman’s ability to access reproductive health care …

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