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It Takes A Community to Raise A Child

anatj2014 wrote 1 day ago: How to Make the U.S. a Better Place for Caregivers Children in low income households face significan … more →

Tags: Public Health, Mental Health, Parenting, Social and Emotional Development

#PHTwitJC 25: Does alcohol price affect drinking behaviour?

carotomes wrote 5 days ago: On Thursday 23rd May at 8pm #PHTwitJC will be discussing this paper: A C Wagenaar et al (2009) Effec … more →

Tags: Alcohol, Critical Appraisal, Interventions, journal club, Meta-analysis, minimim price alcohol, Public Health, systematic review, twitter

Has China done a good job handling H7N9?

stevenshie wrote 1 week ago: Over the last few months, H7N9 has been making headlines around the world. As of May 9, there have b … more →

Tags: CDC, China, Epidemiology, H7N9, Infectious Disease, Public Health, SARS

What does duct tape have to do with health?

nandinj wrote 1 week ago: Jose Gomez-Marquez likes to tell people that everyone can hack health, and he’s made a career of pro … more →

Tags: Work, In The News, Public Health, technology

Why Brazil's cars are such big killers

Brazil Institute wrote 1 week ago: Bruce Kennedy – MSN Money, 05/14/2013 Critics have warned that globalization comes with a pric … more →

Tags: Nation, Security, Business, Economy, Brazil economy, BRICs, brazil economic growth, General Motors, car industry

A bold and practical proposal for the post-2015 framework

Md. Shajedur Rahman Shawon wrote 1 week ago: Reblogged from Participation, Power and Social Change Research at IDS: Joanna Wheeler This post prev … more →

mHealth initiative to tackle non-communicable diseases

Md. Shajedur Rahman Shawon wrote 1 week ago: Reblogged from Soumyadeep B: With a shift in disease epidemiology trends, non-communicable diseases … more →

Network of high quality cancer hospitals is planned for India

Md. Shajedur Rahman Shawon wrote 1 week ago: Reblogged from Soumyadeep B: India’s national cancer grid, first proposed in 2010 by the Department … more →

Time For A New "Plan"

anatj2014 wrote 2 weeks ago: The administration’s Plan B blunder There is an irrational fear that easy access to contracept … more →

Tags: Education, Parenting, evidence-based policy, sexual education

#PHTwitJC 25: Cast your votes!

carotomes wrote 2 weeks ago: Public health: it takes more than just good evidence to change behaviour Public health is everywhere … more →

Tags: polls + suggestions, Alcohol, Evaluation, journal club, obesity, Public Health, Screening, smoking, twitter

100 Presenters to Examine Healthy, Liveable and Sustainable Cities

Healthy Cities wrote 2 weeks ago: Paula Drayton Join us in Melbourne in June. “This is a fantastic opportunity for professionals … more →

Tags: Healthy Cities Conference, Livable Cities, liveable cities, Making Cities Liveable Conference, Sustainable Urban Development, Climate, Urban Design

Bloustein Convocation and Commencement events

blousteinschool wrote 2 weeks ago: On the weekend of May 18-19, 2013 Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey and The Edward J. Blou … more →

Tags: Alumni, Announcements, doctoral candidates, Events, Graduate Students, New Brunswick, News, Undergraduate Students, Bloustein

Exam Method and Madness4 comments

blogabout3things wrote 2 weeks ago: So I made it through what I call ‘Assignment Month’..phew! By the end there I was just g … more →

Tags: health, Public Health, Assignments, distance learning, Exam, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Long Distance Learning, LSHTM, Medicine

The rights and wrongs of Belo Monte

Brazil Institute wrote 2 weeks ago: The Economist, 05/04/2013 The biggest building site in Brazil is neither in the concrete jungle of S … more →

Tags: Nation, Environment & Science, Energy Biofuels, Humanitarian Issues, Business, Economy, Amazon, Environment, belo monte dam

ALS Community and Innovation in Medicine

stevenshie wrote 2 weeks ago: It sometimes feels strange to me that I am so interested in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). I h … more →

Tags: patient's stories, Social, ALS, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, digital health, epatient, Lou Gehrig's Disease, PatientsLikeMe

Honoring Kristen Iversen's FULL BODY BURDEN: GROWING UP IN THE NUCLEAR SHADOW OF ROCKY FLATS. Good karma and bad.1 comment

leroymoore wrote 2 weeks ago: Every year in the spring the Alliance for Nuclear Accountability presents awards in Washington, DC, … more →

Tags: democracy, Environment, Rocky Flats

Grant Writing Session

saaphi wrote 2 weeks ago: By: Denise A. Smith, MPH Each year between the months of January through March, governmental agencie … more →

Tags: Funding, grants, minority health, Public Health Funding, public health grants

There's Something in the Soil

Bridget O'Keefe wrote 3 weeks ago: By: Bridget O’Keefe How many times as a kid did your parents, teachers, and friends warn you a … more →

Tags: health news, Public Health, Lead, Soil, Government, Children

Commonsense Diet: How many more things do we have to avoid to be healthier

stevenshie wrote 3 weeks ago: I had my first cultural shock in this country in a supermarket. For the first time, I saw so many ty … more →

Tags: Food, Diet, Food Research, Food Science, Heart Health, Michael Pollan, NEJM, obesity, Public Health


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