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Honoring Elizabeth Taylor’s Public Health Legacy
Today's high school and college students do not remember the time when people with HIV/AIDS were feared because of their illness. People were afraid to touch anyone with the disease, adding insult to their health "injury." Stigma and fear made it difficult for people...
Do You Have a Gift for Gab? Use it to Promote Health!
One way public health experts influence people's behaviors is to communicate messages about what to do or not to do to be healthy and why. To be effective, these experts rely on theories, research evidence and actual results to develop best practices for improving...
Give Me a P2…P2!…Give Me a…”PH >…Part 2″!
As a reminder, we are back to our reset world where there are no diseases. Sure, on the second day someone will catch a cold. On the other hand, cancer hasn't had a chance to develop. And, we are thinking about the role of public health. Second (after biostatisticians...
Epidemiologists Help Us React to Radiation from Japan
Since leaks from damaged nuclear power plants in Japan, some people in the U.S. are worried (or wondering) about the risk to our health from the resulting radiation. Are we at risk in the U.S.? And, if so, what should we do? Epidemiologists across the U.S. have been...
How to Find a Great Internship or Volunteer Opportunity
Thanks to Tiffany for asking me for advice on finding public health-related internship/volunteer opportunities in Washington, DC! Though the content focuses on public health, the overall approach applies to any professional area. Washington, D.C. is a wonderful place...
If a Program’s Impact Can’t Be Measured, Does It Count?
While preparing for today's post, I found a great source for biostatistics research papers: Collection of Biostatistics Research Archive. As a browser of book titles on library shelves from way back (yes, when paper books were still queen), when I skimmed some of the...