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In South Africa, $5 food voucher linked to increase in HIV testing rate
A study by former Harvard fellow Mark McGovern, PhD, along with faculty members David Canning, PhD, and Till Bärnighausen, PhD, and colleagues, has found that efforts to scale up HIV testing through home-based testing are supported by…
Papachristos on gun violence as public health issue on NPR
Former Harvard RWJF Health & Society Scholar Andrew Papachristos, PhD, shares the findings of a new study in JAMA Internal Medicine in this piece on NPR on how gun violence spreads over social networks like a “contagian” and should…
Text messages can boost knowledge and help reduce adolescent pregnancy risk in LMICs
A study published in the American Journal of Public Health by Harvard Pop Center faculty members Jessica Cohen, PhD,Joshua A. Salomon, PhD, and Günther Fink, PhD, along with lead author Slawa Rokicki, reveals that text-messaging…
Hospitalized patients treated by female doctors found to have lower mortality and readmission rates
Harvard Pop Center faculty member Ashish Jha, MD, is an author on a paper published in JAMA Internal Medicine that has found differences in patient outcomes in those treated by female versus male physicians. Learn more about the study in these news…
Youths getting too much screen time face increased exposure to obesity-related risk factors
Harvard Pop Center faculty member Steven Gortmaker, PhD, is co-author on a study that has found that teens who spend 5 hours or more per day behind a screen (e.g., tablet, computer, videogame, smartphone, television) face greater exposure to obesity…
Increased risk of migraine headache linked to some PTSD symptoms following a natural disaster
Those suffering from certain symptoms of PTSD (particularly intrusion, which is the inability to keep memories of the event from returning) following a natural disaster face an increased risk for migraine headaches. Harvard Pop Center Visiting…
Are more girls enrolled in charter schools than boys?
Jennifer Jennings, PhD, a Harvard RWJF Health & Society Scholar program alumna, is co-author of a paper that explores the apparent gender gap in charter school enrollment, with more girls being initially matriculated, and boys being less likely to…
How does living among more peers as an older adult impact cognitive function?
Esther Friedman, PhD, a former Harvard RWJF Health & Society Scholar, is lead author on a study in which she and her colleagues explore the impact of living in a neighborhood with a higher percentage of older adults on cognitive function. The…
For midlife women, short and poor quality sleep linked to increased carotid atherosclerosis
Rebecca C. Thurston, PhD, a Harvard RWJF Health & Society Scholar program alumna, is lead author on a paper that has found links between short and poor quality sleep, and carotid atherosclerosis (the buildup of plaque inside the carotid artery…