Chelsea Police Create a Culture of Health
The Chelsea Hub is a collaboration between police and social services to promote public health in the city. Chelsea won a $25,000 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Culture of Health Prize in 2017.
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Modeling Social Status and Eating Behavior With Monopoly
A pilot study by Cardel and colleagues looks for a link between a person’s sense of resources and privilege and their eating, a potential pathway to obesity.
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What E-Cigarettes Mean For Teens
Over 500,000 middle schoolers and over 1.6 million high school students currently used electronic cigarettes. E-cigarettes are considered a safer alternative than cigarettes, but “safer” does not mean “safe,” especially for teenagers.
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2017 Gun Violence in Boston
In Boston, various communities experience different levels of gun violence. Here’s an interactive look at the data by neighborhood.
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Shari Rudavsky
PHP sat down with Shari Rudavsky, health and medicine reporter for the Indianapolis Star, where she has reported on Indiana’s important public health issues, including the recent HIV outbreak and the opioid crisis.