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Population Health Social determinants of health
January 2025 Neil K. Mehta, Jennifer Beam Dowd,
Despite our best public health efforts (and a zealous diet industry), the rising tide of obesity continues unabated. New classes of diabetes… More
Neil Mehta is Professor of Epidemiology at the School of Public and Population Health, University of Texas Medical Branch. Neil’s research lies at the… More
Jennifer Beam Dowd is Professor of Demography and Population Health at the Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science and Nuffield Department of… More
Population Health Primary Care
January 2025 Stephanie B. Gold, Allison Costello, Maura Gissen, Selin Odman, Larry A. Green, Kurt C. Stange, Réna Swann, Rebecca S. Etz,
Context: Frustration with the burden of proliferating measures in health care focused on diseases and care processes has added to the growing desire… More
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Public Health Racism
January 2025 Harold A. Pollack, Jason Lerner, S. Rebecca Neusteter,
Just before 1:30 a.m., March 26, 2024, America experienced a historic transportation tragedy. The cargo ship Dali lost power, and brought down… More