University of Minnesota
School of Public Health
http://www.sph.umn.edu/
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About the Division

For over 73 years we have been leading national and international studies on the distribution, causes and, prevention of major diseases.

We focus on the effects of human behavior on health, illness, injury prevention, and other potential health risks in groups of people and entire populations.

Our strength lies in merging classical epidemiological observations with laboratory and population-based research in disease prevention and health promotion.

Epidemiology & Community Health

Epidemiology & Community Health

"We want to prevent and control disease. That’s what gets us up in the morning."           - Ruth Lynfield, MD, MN State Epidemiologist

Interdisiplinary Women's Health Lecture Series:
     Social Support and Heart Disease

Wednesday, Feb. 29, 12:00-1:00 pm
Moos Tower, 2-580
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.The Women's Only Cardiac Support Group of the Minneapolis Heart Institute and Foundation was started over three years ago as a small pilot study to determine whether gathering women together in a group could reduce stress, increase perceptions of support, address unmet informational and psychosocial needs, and enhance self-care of women suffering from heart disease. Based on the success of the pilot, the group has expanded significantly and has been a transformative experience for the participating women involved in the study. This presentation will describe the work to behind this new model of instruction in self care.
- Co-sponsored by the Center for Leadership Education in Maternal & Child
   Public Health

Does sex ed keep girls from becoming teen moms?

Teen Pregnancy

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In a new study, states with more comprehensive sex education programs had lower teen birth rates—but the effect seemed to be due more to political, religious and social differences between those states than the sex ed itself…

Regardless of what teens are taught in school, whether they can easily get condoms and have their parents' support for "healthy sexual decision-making" may depend on state politics and social factors, Marla Eisenberg, an adolescent health and medicine researcher at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, told Reuters Health.

Upcoming Events

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EpiCH Event Highlights

Monday, February 27
Diversity Matters: Urban Native American Health
- 11:45am, Moos Tower 1-451

Friday, March 2
EpiCH Student Pizza Lunch
- 11:30am, 364 WBOB

Division Seminars

Friday, February 24
"Partners in Prevention Program"
Russell Luepker/Alan Hirsch
- 10am, 364 WBOB

Seminar Archives

Open Positions at EpiCH

Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor/Cancer Epidemiology & Prevention

Assistant, Associate or Full Professor - Infectious Disease Epidemiology

On This Day - 2/23

National Banana Bread Day

1896 - The Tootsie Roll was introduced by Austrian immigrant Leo Hirshfield. In a small store in New York City, he began producing his a chocolaty, chewy candy, which he named after a nickname of "Tootsie" for his five-year-old daughter, Clara. During World War II, Tootsie Rolls were added to American soldiers' rations because of their ability to withstand severe weather conditions and give quick energy. Tootsie Rolls are made from a base of sugar, corn syrup, soy-bean oil, skim milk and cocoa. Current production is over 49 million pieces a day

1954 - The first mass inoculation of children against polio with the Salk vaccine began in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

 

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Division Contact Information

Ph: 612-624-1818
Fax: 612-624-0315
West Bank Office Building (WBOB)
  1300 S. Second Street, Suite 300
  Minneapolis, MN 55454-1015
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Division Office Hours:
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