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October 23, 2022

 

SPH This Week.

Latest News, Research, and More

 
 
 
 
 

VOTING

David Hogg, John Rosenthal Urge Students to Vote during SPH Visit

Hogg, a March for Our Lives cofounder and Parkland school shooting survivor, and Rosenthal, cofounder of Stop Handgun Violence, visited the school on Oct. 17 to motivate young people to make their voices heard by voting in the 2022 midterm elections on Nov. 8. Read more.

 
 
 

RESEARCH

US Food Insufficiency Spiked by 25% After Monthly Child Tax Credits Expired

In the months after the advance federal Child Tax Credit cash payments ended in December 2021, low-income families with children struggled the most to afford enough food, according to a new study led by Paul Shafer. See the findings.

 
 

ALUMNI NEWS

Alum Leads Refugee Resettlement Efforts in Arkansas

Joanna Krause (SPH’14) is the executive director of Canopy, a refugee resettlement agency in Northwest Arkansas, whose work was recently featured on Hillary Clinton’s new AppleTV show, Gutsy. Learn more.

 
 

MONDAY

OCT

24

1:00–2:30 p.m.

 
 

Centering the Health of Mothers in the Public Health Agenda.

PUBLIC HEALTH CONVERSATION—ONLINE 

Join maternal health experts as they discuss how we can put the needs of mothers at the heart of public health and preserve and improve the health of all persons who give birth.

 
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PUBLIC HEALTH CONVERSATION

 'Question Every Kind of Bias'

Ahead of the 10/24 Public Health Conversation, Marcela Howell, president and CEO of In Our Own Voice: National Black Women's Reproductive Agenda, spoke with PHP fellow Barbara Espinosa about advocating to reduce disproportionate, pregnancy-related adverse health outcomes among Black women.

 
 

PUBLIC HEALTH POST

Invest Your Capital in Public Health

Proposed rules to require public companies to disclose climate-related information in their financial filings is good public health, writes PHP fellow Abby Outterson in this Viewpoint. Read more.

 
 

PUBLIC HEALTH POST

Navigating Climate Anxiety Through Action

Climate anxiety affects young people worldwide, particularly those living where the consequences of climate change are more pronounced, writes PHP fellow Barbara Espinosa. Read more.

 

POPULATION HEALTH EXCHANGE

Upcoming Webinar: Conducting a Community Health Needs Assessment using a Racial Justice & Health Equity Lens

On Oct. 26, Alyssa Benalfew-Ramos, SPH alum and associate director in the Office of Racial Equity & Community Engagement at the Boston Public Health Commission, will lead a PHX webinar on how governmental public health practitioners can build community health needs assessments. Register here.

 

SNAPSHOT

SPH Snapshot: Fall 2022

Scenes from on-campus programming, including Public Health Conversations on youth voter participation, mass incarceration, and antiracism within academia. View the gallery.

 
 
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In the Media.

 

BOSTON GLOBE

Enter the Other Swing Voter: The Mighty 8%

Opinion piece by MPH students Lina Saleh and Adaeze Okorie.

 

WASHINGTON POST

Oz Has Promoted False Health Claims. What If He Pushed Vaccinations?

Article co-written by Matthew Motta, clinical lecturer of health law, policy & management.

 

BOSTON.COM

BPS Says COVID Cases Haven’t Spiked in Schools This Fall. Here’s Why.

Quotes Davidson Hamer, professor of global health.

 

HEALIO

Anti-inflammatory Diets Connected to Increased Fecundability

Quotes doctoral student Sydney Willis.

 

WBUR

What to Know about Question 3, Which Could Expand Beer and Wine Licenses in Mass.

Quotes David Jernigan, professor of health law, policy & management and assistant dean for practice.

 
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"Culture is actually way more powerful than laws. It just takes longer to change." - @davidhogg111, @BUSPH on 10/17 with @JohnRosenthal_ to discuss why it is so important for young people to vote. Watch: https://ctt.ec/c9500+ #VoteForHealth

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