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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.

Investigating Food Outbreaks

School of Public Health students investigate foodborne outbreaks through Team D, a group in the Minnesota Department of Health’s Foodborne Diseases Unit.

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Research News

Care Teams Perform Well When Members Accurately Know Each Other’s Expertise
by Charlie Plain on August 7, 2018 at 8:52 pm
A study of interdisciplinary care teams co-authored by Professor Emeritus Douglas Wholey revealed some teamwork factors that help them to produce high-quality care. […]
Childhood Abuse and Neglect May Lead to Obesity in Adulthood
by Charlie Plain on August 7, 2018 at 8:24 pm
New research by Assistant Professor Susan Mason helps to rule out the childhood home food environment as a major contributing factor in the development of obesity in adults who were maltreated. […]
Cancer-causing Chemical Formed in E-cigarette Users
by Charlie Plain on July 31, 2018 at 6:32 pm
Researcher and Associate Professor Irina Stepanov found that while e-cigarettes contain virtually no N-nitrosonornicotine (NNN) — a chemical that can cause oral cavity and esophageal cancer — the chemical can form in an e-cigarette user’s body when they take in nicotine through e-cigarettes. […]
Rural Residents Lack Workplace Supports to Juggle Jobs and Family Caregiving
by Charlie Plain on July 25, 2018 at 9:36 pm
Assistant Professor Carrie Henning-Smith found rural workers have less access to caregiver supports, such as employee assistance programs, paid leave or the flexibility to work at home compared to those in urban areas. […]