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Lower Neighborhood Opportunity May Increase Risk for Preterm Birth

BU School of Public Health Blog

birth Lower Neighborhood Opportunity May Increase Risk for Preterm Birth A new study suggests that neighborhoods with fewer educational, health, environmental, and socioeconomic resources may increase one’s risk for preterm birth and contribute to the racial gap in preterm birth in the Commonwealth. percent, followed by Hispanic infants at 7.3

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Epidemiology Terms: A Glossary of Epidemiological Words

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Whether you are a student of nursing, health sciences, public health, or another specialty, you may be interested in expanding your knowledge of epidemiology. Public health and government agencies prevent the spread of emerging infectious diseases on their shores. We can see this visually represented with outbreak or case maps.

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Exploring the Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic on the Congenital Syphilis Epidemic in the U.S.

Maternal Health Task Force

Chan School of Public Health and Research Assistant at the Maternal Health Task Force. It has disrupted health systems and health delivery. Of particular concern includes the nearly 279% increase in congenital syphilis cases from 2015. By Mahaa Ahmed Mahaa Ahmed is an MSc student at the Harvard T.H.