SPH This Week

SPH This Week

November 5, 2017

School News

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What If....

New video campaign spotlighting urgency of public health scholarship and action.

Dean's Note

How Do We Know When We Know Something?

How scientific consensus is formed, and how it can be mobilized to create healthier populations.

Research

Marijuana Use Associated with Cognitive Dysfunction in People with HIV

Negative cognitive effects seen in those who have alcohol or other drug use disorders.

Research

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Helping Smokers Quit: Payments, Personalized Support Can Work

Multifaceted approach to cessation includes patient navigation and financial incentives.

Alumni News

Alumni Teach New Ways to Tell Stories via Data

Jessica Malenfant and T. Scott Troppy will demonstrate use of compelling public health "story maps" during PHX Winter Institute.

Reflection

El Salvador: The Youth Are the Ones Who Are Dying

Gang warfare, emigration, and the fresh scars of El Salvador's civil war make up the cultural context in which everyone must go about their daily lives.

Viewpoint

Trumps Opioid Efforts Dont Go Far Enough

Additional resources and monetary support are needed in order to expand opioid addiction treatment and prevention programs.

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In the Media

Washington Post

The Problem with Hospitalizing Opioid Addicts against Their Will opinion co-authored by Michael Stein, chair of health law, policy & management.

New York Times

Just Say No to Opioids? Ads Could Actually Make Things Worse opinion by Austin Frakt, associate professor of health law, policy & management.

WBUR

Trumps Public Health Emergency Declaration Includes No New Funding to Combat Opioid Crisis quotes Richard Saitz, chair and professor of community health sciences.

Pacific Standard

The Embarrassing State of US Maternal Healthcare Data quotes Eugene Declercq, professor of community health sciences.

Sports Illustrated

Baseballs Growth Can Provide Template for American Unity opinion by alumnus Ali Noorani.

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Viewpoint: Being an Activist and Showing Up

Candice Bangham, MPH candidate and Activist Lab student engagement Intern, shares her views on what it means to be an activist.

Better Needs Assessments for Better Education Outcomes

Children of color and those from low-income families are most affected by the low performance of US public schools.

Winter Institute Program

Introduction to SAS (PHX Winter Institute, January 812, 2018). Learn basic statistical procedures and how to manipulate data sets with SPH Professor Jacqueline Milton.