June Roundup: Population Health in the News

How are policy choices around the world affecting population health?

HUD Housing Assistance, But Not Vouchers, Linked To Improvement in Health Measurements (American Journal of Public Health, April 2017)

The Economist: The most neglected threat to public health in China is toxic soil (The Economist, 06/08/17)

Why Safe Drinking Water Should Be At The Centre Of Public Health Policy In India (The Huffington Post 06/12/17)

A Scientist’s Life: Tarik Benmarhnia Climate change epidemiologist considers human health hazards (links between climate change and pop health) (Scripps News 06/13/17)

Nearly 1 In 3 Recent FDA Drug Approvals Followed by Major Safety Actions (Scientific American 05/09/17)

What is happening in health disparities research?

What Is Health Equity? And What Difference Does a Definition Make? (Robert Wood Johnson Foundation May 2017)

Pride In Our Identities And The Public Health Of Gay Men (Huffington Post 06/06/17)

Surge in Latino homeless population ‘a whole new phenomenon’ for Los Angeles (Los Angeles Times 06/18/17)

Medical racism at work? Study finds blacks, Latinos get worse care for neurological disorders (Salon.com 06/11/17)

Social environmental factors and health: Acute and persistent

Health Effects of Dramatic Societal Events — Ramifications of the Recent Presidential Election (New England Journal of Medicine 06/08/17)

U.S. life expectancy varies by more than 20 years from county to county (Washington Post, 05/08/17)

The Ten Healthiest States (U.S. News and World Report 06/14/17)

Integrated Neighborhoods are Good for Your Health (National Institutes of Health Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research 06/02/17)

Translating the population health perspective into action

At the Big Data in Biomedicine Conference, Dean Lloyd Minor said a key goal is tackling population health and disease prevention, not just waiting for illness to strike (Stanford Medicine News Center 05/26/17)

Data Nerds Unite – Across Sectors – to Improve Community Health (Academy Health 05/02/17)

How a community-based approach to mental health is making strides in Zimbabwe (The Conversation 06/15/17)

How to help social and behavioral research findings make their way into practice settings (Springer Open Blog 06/13/17)