by Dr. Felicia E. Mebane | Feb 25, 2011 | 0 All, Examples of Public Health
Most communities in the U.S. are privileged enough to have a steady supply of relatively cheap and safe water. This is in part due to rules and regulations that govern the water utilities that supply this water. In response to regulations..and with an aim to protect...
by Dr. Felicia E. Mebane | Feb 22, 2011 | 0 All, Examples of Public Health
With the proliferation of “national day of this” and “international day of that,” you may be tired of hearing about them. Don’t tune out completely just yet! Some of these days of recognition are worthwhile. They can highlight important...
by Dr. Felicia E. Mebane | Feb 21, 2011 | 0 All, Examples of Public Health, Professionals
When I taught graduate public health students about health policy and politics, one of the lessons was about what happens AFTER a bill becomes a law. Since laws cannot possibly spell out every nuance of implementation, the government agencies and other organizations...
by Dr. Felicia E. Mebane | Feb 19, 2011 | 0 All, About Public Health, Examples of Public Health
If your eyes glaze over when someone mentions research or epidemiology, you are not alone. Many people do not even know what those terms mean or represent. Here is one way to think about it. Do you know someone who has cancer, has recovered from cancer or died from...
by Dr. Felicia E. Mebane | Feb 18, 2011 | 0 All, Examples of Public Health
Yesterday, the CDC released a report describing where in the U.S. Americans engage in the least amount of leisure time physical activity. They also linked the same regions, in the South and Appalachia, to relatively high rates of diabetes and obesity. This CDC report...
by Dr. Felicia E. Mebane | Feb 16, 2011 | 0 All, About Public Health, Examples of Public Health
In case you haven’t noticed, one of my goals for this resource is to not focus only on one or two public health fields. To showcase the breadth and depth of public health, I am rotating my posts across seven or eight key disciplines. Today’s discipline is...
by Dr. Felicia E. Mebane | Feb 15, 2011 | 0 All, Examples of Public Health
Tonight I joined the North Carolina State University’s Minority Association of Pre-Health Students for a discussion of public health. We had a great time…ok, I can only speak for myself. I had a great time answering their questions, sharing my pathways...
by Dr. Felicia E. Mebane | Feb 14, 2011 | 0 All, About Public Health, Examples of Public Health
Yes, the order is correct. Public health separate from medical professions is at least 100 years old…give or take. As I was watching and listening to the GRAMMY Awards show last night, I was struck by a similarity to public health. Public health as a concept...
by Dr. Felicia E. Mebane | Feb 11, 2011 | 0 All, Examples of Public Health, Professionals
I enjoy popular culture with the best of them, including current music, movies, books, TV shows, dance, etc. I can chat about this season of Fringe and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo AND debate whether or not genetics trumps culture as a determinant of health...
by Dr. Felicia E. Mebane | Feb 8, 2011 | 0 All, Examples of Public Health
&A You might think that clinical trials are only supported by clinicians. Wrong! Some biostatisticians focus on the methods required to make sure that these trials provide the best possible measurements and comparisons:http://tinyurl.com/4c2ey9u. These methods...
