Related press releases – Social Threats and Disparities
Press releases related to social threats and health disparities from the HSPH News Office
- Women abused as children more likely to have children with autism (March 21, 2013)
- Pregnant women’s likelihood of cesarean delivery in Massachusetts linked to choice of hospitals (March 19, 2013)
- Using color-coded packaging, tobacco industry appears to have evaded FDA’s ban on ‘light’ cigarette descriptors (March 14, 2013)
- Graphic warnings on cigarettes effective across demographic groups (January 15, 2013)
- Comprehensive public health approach urged to curb gun violence in U.S. (January 7, 2013)
- Study shows school-based life skills tobacco control program can lower smoking rates in youth (April 19, 2012)
- One in ten children face elevated risk of abuse, future PTSD, due to gender nonconformity (February 20, 2012)
- Nicotine replacement therapies may not be effective in helping people quit smoking (January 9, 2012)
- World population to surpass 7 billion in 2011 (July 28, 2011)
- Little historical evidence to support cutting global health aid during recession (February 25, 2011)
- Study finds blacks more likely to be readmitted to hospital after discharge (February 25, 2011)
- Obesity has doubled since 1980, major global analysis of risk factors reveals (February 3, 2011)
- Violence against mothers linked to 1.8 million female infant and child deaths in India (January 5, 2011)
- Overweight primarily a problem among wealthier women in low- to middle-income countries (November 22, 2010)
- Global health leaders advocate for expanding cancer care in developing countries (August 30, 2010)
- More than two billion people worldwide lack access to surgical services (June 30, 2010)
- Puffing in public housing poses serious health risks to tenants (June 16, 2010)
- Smoke-free air laws effective at protecting children from secondhand smoke (June 7, 2010)
- Majority of young victims of unintentional shootings shot by another youth (May 18, 2010)
- Lung Cancer Disparities Center at HSPH announced as one of ten awardees for Centers for Population Health and Health Disparities (May 3, 2010)
- Shorter maternal height associated with more child deaths in developing countries (April 21, 2010)
- Gays and lesbians more likely to experience violence and PTSD (April 15, 2010)
- HSPH unveils comprehensive, public online library of firearms research (March 10, 2010)
- HSPH honors New York Times for distracted driver series (December 2, 2009)
- Tobacco control researchers call for full disclosure on cigarette contents (June 19, 2008)
- Lower Childhood IQ Associated With Higher Risk of Adult Mental Disorders (December 1, 2008)
- Decline in smoking offset by use of other products (June 10, 2008)