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How is your heart health?
Professor David Jacobs provides expert comment on how Minnesotans could be more aware of risk factors and take other steps to improve their cardiovascular health.
Public Health Students: Real-time Experience in the Field
The Council on Education for Public Health accredits schools of public health and one of its requirements for the Master in Public Health is an applied practice experience. The School of Public Health calls that experience APEx.
Nearly half of pregnant people experiencing intimate partner violence are not screened before or after pregnancy
A recent study from the University of Minnesota School of Public Health measured rates of physical violence by an intimate partner among birthing people and examined rates of abuse screening before, during and after pregnancy.
UMN collaboration in Kenya shifts to support COVID-19 response on Mfangano Island
In a recent report in the Journal of Global Health Reports, University of Minnesota researchers and colleagues provide an example of how community-based research collaborations can utilize embedded networks to develop adaptive responses to unexpected public health threats.
In Minnesota, fewer white people are vaccinated for COVID-19 than most racial groups — but still less likely to die of COVID-19
New research from the University of Minnesota shows that Black, Hispanic and Asian populations are significantly more likely to die of COVID-19, regardless of their vaccination status at the population level.
U of M Sustainable Development Goals Initiative Announce 2022 SDG Research Grant Awards
GPS Alliance is pleased to announce the award, as part of its systemwide initiative focused on the SDGs, of approximately $160,000 to eight research projects that align with the UNs’ 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the U’s strategic priorities and needs identified by communities.
Perceptions of DEI within health services and policy research workplaces
A postdoctoral fellow in the School of Public Health co-led a study that quantifies problems involving workplace climate, culture and professional discrimination experienced by researchers within the health services and policy research field.
Rural areas have higher individual health insurance premiums and fewer plan choices
A study by the University of Minnesota School of Public Health examining the choice and pricing of individual health insurance plans across the U.S. found that rural areas have the fewest options and pay the highest premiums.
Estimating chemical dispersant exposure for Deepwater Horizon oil spill workers
A study led by the University of Minnesota School of Public Health (SPH) recently examined the concentrations of the aerosol dispersant in the air and found that it likely wasn’t high enough to harm workers conducting the spraying or active in nearby areas.
Reducing Inequities: Creating Change in Our Communities
In the past few months, COVID-19 and the global movement for racial justice have laid bare inequities in the U.S. and globally, and shown how these inequities undermine the very foundations of our social, political and economic systems. In this third webinar of a series on issues related to the Sustainable Development Goals, a panel of publicly-engaged scholars explored how various forms of inequality in the United States threaten community resilience and sustainable change in their areas of work and then discuss how we all can work together across sectors and disciplines to undermine systemic inequities toward positive change.