Health Care Integration: A Personal Perspective
After her husband’s experience with fragmented health care, MHA student Audrey Workman turned her focus on finding potential solutions.
A Sustained Public-Health Approach Can Help Stem the Tide of Gun Deaths
Dean John Finnegan wrote in a recent MinnPost editorial that the time is ripe for a public-health-based social and cultural movement to stem the tide of gun deaths.
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Linking Structural Racism and Health
Rachel Hardeman works to bring new awareness to a deeply rooted problem.
School of Public Health students investigate foodborne outbreaks through Team D, a group in the Minnesota Department of Health’s Foodborne Diseases Unit.
Research News
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Explaining Benefits of Herd Immunity Benefits Raises Willingness to Get Flu Shot
by Charlie Plain on June 12, 2018 at 8:15 pm
A study led by student Jacqueline Logan (MPH '17) and Assistant Professor Nicole Basta found that educating people about the benefits of herd immunity significantly raised their intent to get the flu shot. […]
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TV Ads Linked to Enrollment in ACA Marketplace in 2014
by Charlie Plain on June 7, 2018 at 9:43 pm
A study led by Associate Professor Sarah Gollust shows that televised advertising plays an important role in informing the public about ACA Marketplace plans. […]
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New Guideline Lowers Age to Start Colon Cancer Screening to 45
by Charlie Plain on June 7, 2018 at 9:14 pm
Professor Timothy Church co-authored the new guideline that is based in part on data showing rates of colorectal cancer are increasing in young and middle-aged populations. […]
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Yoga Linked to Increased Exercise and Healthier Eating in Young Adults
by Charlie Plain on May 30, 2018 at 7:45 pm
Researcher Allison Watts found that adults in a regular yoga practice eat more fruits and vegetables, less junk food, and have higher levels of intense physical activity than those who don’t practice regularly or at all. […]
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