UNC Epidemiology Blog

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Shawna (at far left) stands with other Gilings School students who planned Black Maternal Health Week, plus an event panelist. Shawna Howard wants to bridge gaps using digital health tools. What’s your role in public health? My focus area within maternal health, specifically, is Black maternal health.

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Maternal and Child Health Health Education and Training Organizations Ageing and Health Social Determinants of Health 111

BU School of Public Health Blog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

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. and Rose B.

Maternal and Child Health 52

Maternal and Child Health Socioeconomic Status and Health Ethnicity and Health Ageing and Health 52

Sheffield DPH

JANUARY 14, 2023

Public Health” in almost all guises won’t deliver results fast enough on the right now issues. In the medium to long term pretty much everybody says “public health” is “the answer” In whole or in part. Some talk about “prevention” or “public health”. See my blog dog that doesn’t bark…. Not into health.

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Mental Health and Public Health Health Metrics and Evaluation Climate Change and Health Ageing and Health 40

BU School of Public Health Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

school news SPH Plugs In: Our Favorites This Fall Members of the SPH community share recommendations for the books, films, podcasts, and other content that has resonated with them as they study, research, and practice public health. For peers who share her interest in women’s health, she recommends the documentary podcast Bodies.

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Mental Health and Public Health Healthcare Systems and Hospitals Pharmaceuticals and Biotech Reproductive Health 52

Better Health For All

JUNE 17, 2024

A note on terminology: For purposes of brevity, this blog uses the terms ‘trans men’ or ‘transmasculine’ but can be taken as referring also to non-binary people and anyone assigned female at birth but who identifies differently. This is lower compared to the figures for trans feminine individuals, however, are we seeing the true picture?

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BU School of Public Health Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Many experts attribute this decline to educational, economic, and social factors that have slowed teen birth rates and prompted a growing trend in delayed childrearing until older ages. The web-based preconception cohort study is the largest of its kind worldwide, following thousands of individuals ages 21-45 who are trying to conceive.

Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights 97

Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights Mental Health and Public Health Reproductive Health Climate Change and Health 97

The Health Care Blog

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Pornography, contraceptive equipment, reproductive health literature, and books deemed risque’ or suggestive all fell into his crosshairs. If “privacy” at the intersection of health and intimacy resided in the protective shield of “penumbra”, how about health itself? It was not power but time that overtook Comstock.

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Fitness and Wellness Industry Ageing and Health Reproductive Health Health Policy 98