Got 13 Minutes? Try Meditating
With improvements in your mood, stress level, and physical wellbeing, research suggests that meditating for even short periods of time can prove beneficial.
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Healthy Corner Stores, Healthier Communities
In San Francisco, the Healthy Retail initiative is building healthier corner stores to improve tobacco control, alcohol prevention, and healthy nutrition.
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Barbara Stilwell
Public Health Post spoke with Dr. Barbara Stilwell about her work to better define nurses’ roles in the field of public health.
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Chatbot Chats to Improve Health
As technology and our psychology continue to evolve, it is critical to understand how best to use chatbots in public health interventions.
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Reporting on Reports of Prenatal Substance Exposure
Reporting of prenatal substance exposure is inconsistent. States should implement policies so those affected by the opioid epidemic access support services.
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Misinformation, Fake News, and Our Health
We must think broadly about the potential impacts of other types of misinformation that influence daily health decisions.
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Toy Story: BB Guns and the Public’s Health
BB guns designed and manufactured to be indistinguishable from real guns are a public health problem in need of evidence that can inform policy changes.
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Police-Related Deaths and Neighborhood Polarization
Police violence was lowest in privileged neighborhoods and highest with largest concentrations of low-income residents and residents of color.
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A Data-Driven Approach for Nonprofits
The nonprofit organization DataKind is bridging the gap between data science and nonprofits doing work critical to public health.
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Why Is Vaccine Hesitancy Trending?
Now more than ever, health experts and community leaders need to be active on social media to combat the vast amounts of vaccine misinformation circulating.
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Biodegradable, But Make It Fashion
Recommending priorities to better understand the environmental and human health threats from microfibers from synthetic textiles.
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Why Foster Youth Need Sex-Ed
Youth in foster care or the juvenile justice system have higher rates of pregnancy, sexually transmitted infections, and associated sexual risk behaviors.
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Climate Changes Fetal Hearts
Warming temperatures have the potential to impact the health of unborn children: heat and high temperatures can also interfere with fetal heart development.
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Rooftop Farms as Pharmacies
Boston Medical Center’s rooftop farm acts as a green roof to reduce energy consumption and sources local foods for providers to prescribe to patients.
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