Improving the Health of Populations through Science and Innovation
Population health science requires scientists from different disciplinary backgrounds to combine their knowledge and expertise to answer questions that individual disciplines alone cannot. The Interdisciplinary Association for Population Health Science (IAPHS) was founded to bring them all together. Learn More | Donate | Join
For U.S. women, how long you live depends on where you live.
Courtesy of Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation
America’s Health Gap
How do we improve health and reduce health disparities?
The odds of a long and healthy life are unequal in America. In 2010, life expectancy for women living in Marin County, California was 85 years. For women from Perry, Kentucky, it was 73 – a full 12 years less. The odds of premature death, disability, and disease are greater for Americans who are poor or black or American Indian. Even the best off Americans, however, fare worse on some health outcomes than their European counterparts.
Can we do better? The Interdisciplinary Association for Population Health Science (IAPHS) believes we can.
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IAPHS BLOG
The latest news, research, and commentary about population health and population health science.
Conference Highlight: Health Happens in State Houses
State-level work is where it's at for population health, Dr. Fred Zimmerman reports from the Improving Population Health Conference in Austin October 2-4, 2017.
Creating Interdisciplinary Homes: Joys, Challenges, and Strategies
Dr. Chris Bachrach, IAPHS Executive Director, reports from the Improving Population Health Conference in Austin October 2-4, 2017.
Book Review: A Fraught Embrace: The Romance & Reality of AIDS Altruism in Africa
Kristin Harper reviews A Fraught Embrace: The Romance & Reality of AIDS Altruism in Africa. Ann Swidler and Susan Cotts Watkins provide a scathing, often funny, and always compassionate look at donor-sponsored AIDS prevention programs in Malawi.
Conference Highlight: The Case for Substance Use SBIRT
Substance use and SBIRT in high schools, in low income populations, and barriers in value-based reimbursement. Dr. Julie Maslowsky reports from the Improving Population Health Conference in Austin, Texas, October 2-4, 2017.
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