Massachusetts Named ‘Healthiest State’ for Third Consecutive Year

The ranking was determined by the Sharecare Community Well-Being Index, a five-year collaboration between the digital health company and SPH's Biostatistics and Epidemiology Data Analytics Center. Read more.

RESEARCH

Trump's Anti-Immigrant Rhetoric, Policies Contributed to Decline in Healthcare Visits among Children of Immigrants

A new study led by Stephanie Ettinger de Cuba shows that well-child visits for children with immigrant mothers in the US declined following Trump’s hostile public stances on migration during his presidential campaign and presidency. Read more.

ALUMNI NEWS

Alum Named 2023 Pulitzer Center Reporting Fellow

Recent MPH graduate and past PHP fellow Barbara Espinosa Barrera will return to the region of Ecuador where she grew up, in the shadow of the Cotopaxi volcano, to report on local efforts to mitigate the effects of future eruptions. Learn more.

COMMENTARY

Reducing Disparities in Pain Management Requires ‘Multifaceted Approach’

In a new commentary in Health Equity, Monica Wang urges researchers, healthcare providers, and patient advocates to work collectively to provide pain management that is equitable and culturally sensitive to all patients. Read more.

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I hope that by telling the story, people internationally and nationally are going to be more supportive of this effort.

BARBARA ESPINOSA BARRERA (SPH'23)
ALUM AND 2023 PULITZER CENTER FELLOW WHO IS REPORTING ON ECUADORIANS’ EFFORTS TO MITIGATE THE HAZARDS OF VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS

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Bringing Invisible Populations to Light: Methods for an Inclusive Population Health

PUBLIC HEALTH CONVERSATION—ONLINE

Join SPH for a discussion about the challenges associated with obtaining data about marginalized and hard-to-reach populations.

PUBLIC HEALTH POST

Financial Warfare: Economic Abuse In Intimate Relationships

In the US, victims of economic abuse with low financial literacy face additional barriers to establishing the financial stability necessary to leave abusive relationships. Important lessons for supporting these victims may be found abroad, writes PHP fellow Adna Jaganjac. Read more.

PUBLIC HEALTH POST

Teen Screen

Universal mental health screenings in schools identified nearly 6 times more students with treatable depression than targeted screenings, which relied on a student referral system, writes PHP fellow Sean Hagan in a new databyte. Read more.

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In the Media.

BOSTON GLOBE

Budget Talks on the Table, GOP Looks to Take Food off the Table

Letter to the Editor by Cristina Gago, assistant professor of community health sciences.

REUTERS

Majority of US Dog Owners Hesitant about Canine Vaccines, Study Finds

Interview with Matt Motta, assistant professor of health law, policy & management.

THE GUARDIAN

‘The US Is an Outlier’: Will Mexico’s Abortion Ruling Drive Americans across the Border?

Quotes Nicole Huberfeld, Edward R. Utley Professor of Health Law.

THIS AMERICAN LIFE

This American Life: The Call

Interview with alum Stephen Murray.

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