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.

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Maternal Health Task Force

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Interested in a position in reproductive, maternal, newborn, child or adolescent health? Every month, the Maternal Health Task Force rounds up job and internship postings from around the globe. Senior Specialist, Adolescent Sexual & Reproductive Health ; Save the Children; Washington D.C.

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Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs

JANUARY 16, 2025

Introducing the Fall 2024 MCH Innovations Database Practices Every Spring and Fall, the Innovation Hub hosts its bi-annual review of new, innovative, and impactful policies and practices in the maternal and child health (MCH) space. By providing stable housing, the program works to increase positive health outcomes for mothers and babies.

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The Network for Public Health Law

JANUARY 8, 2025

A Message from Interim Co-Executive Directors Quang (“Q”) Dang and Ann Phi-Wendt “ While laws and policies can serve as barriers to health equity, they can also be used to promote health and advance equity and this is, has been, and will continue to be the focus of our work, whatever the political climate might bring.

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Mercola

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Traditional diagnostic methods often focus on hormonal levels and reproductive organ health, overlooking broader social, environmental and lifestyle factors. Beyond the personal struggle, infertility disrupts the natural reproductive process, making it a significant concern for individuals and societies. In 2019, there were 122.38

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Reproductive Health Ethnicity and Health Ageing and Health 54

Association of Health Care Journalists

JANUARY 31, 2025

Datasets related to racial disparities, LGBTQIA+ health and reproductive health were at risk, as were data on racial and ethnic health disparities, climate and environmental justice. Websites such as the NIHs Office of Research on Womens Health were also unavailable Friday.

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KFF Health News

JANUARY 22, 2025

Americans’ health has long been unequal, but a new study shows that the disparity between the life expectancies of different populations has nearly doubled since 2000. “Some groups in the United States are facing a health crisis,” Bollyky said, “and we need to respond to that because it’s worsening.”

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