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February 5, 2023
SPH This Week.
Latest News, Research, and More
RESEARCH
For the first time, a study led by Monica Wang examined perceived neighborhood walkability, physical activity, and obesity indicators on a national level, finding that people who lived in walkable neighborhoods were more likely to be physically active and have lower BMIs—but this association differed among Black, Hispanic, and Asian populations. See the findings.
RESEARCH
As of 2021, all 50 states and Washington, DC allow youth to consent independently to some or all of these services, but the laws remain complex and varied, and confidentiality protections are rare, according to a new study by Kimberly Nelson, Alexandra Skinner, and Julia Raifman. Read more.
STUDENT NEWSMPH student Lilly Nichols, who is studying environmental health at SPH and completed her practicum with the Arsht-Rockefeller Resilience Center of the Atlantic Council, will join the council full-time on Feb. 6 as a project assistant. Read more. |
PUBLIC HEALTH POSTFive years after the water crisis in Flint, Michigan, residents show high rates of post-traumatic stress disorder and depression, according to a new databyte by PHP fellow Hannah Tremont. Read more. |
WEDNESDAY
FEB
8
1–2:30 p.m.
PUBLIC HEALTH CONVERSATION—ONLINE
Join SPH for a conversation with contributing authors from Migration and Health, an edited anthology that aims to advance our understanding of the causes and consequences of human migration.
PUBLIC HEALTH POST
The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program was associated with improvements in birthweight-related outcomes in the years following the policy's implementation in 2012, according to a new Viewpoint by PHP guest authors Jacqueline Torres, assistant professor in the Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics at UC San Francisco, and Tania Pacheco-Werner, co-director of the Central Valley Health Policy Institute at Fresno State. Read more.
ALUMNI NEWS
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. Read more.
POPULATION HEALTH EXCHANGE
PopHealthExperience offers rising 7th-12th graders an immersive introduction to public health, with the opportunity to participate in hands-on research, develop leadership skills, and learn more about biostatistics, environmental Health, epidemiology, health advocacy, and health policy. The program takes place July 10-21. Register here.
ICYMI
PUBLIC HEALTH CONVERSATION
REPLAY
"Housing should be a human right in the United States of America, as it is in every other developed country who signed on to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights," said Donald Whitehead, Jr., executive director of the National Coalition for the Homeless, during SPH's Public Health Conversation "Insecure Housing, Homelessness, and Health" on Jan. 31. Revisit the full discussion with Whitehead and other advocates about how the US should address this pressing public health issue.
In the Media.
Quotes Timothy Callaghan, associate professor of health law, policy & management.
Quotes Michael Ulrich, assistant professor of health law, ethics & human rights.
Mentions Public Health Post interview with new Minneapolis health commissioner Damōn Chaplin.
Keep up with SPH on LinkedIn.
"The government isn’t throwing out your gas stove, but the health risks are real." As the conversation on the health risks of gas stoves continues, and Jonathan Levy explores the cultural and public health discussions this issue has sparked in a new blog post for the Your Local Epidemiologist newsletter by epidemiologist Katelyn Jetelina.
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