Related stories – Social Threats and Disparities

Stories related to Social Threats and Disparities outside of the Harvard Public Health Magazine:

• Harvard-led research to quantify economic costs of stunted child cognitive development in resource-poor countries (HSPH Feature, April 23, 2013)
• Rising death rates at rural hospitals suggest need for improvements (MedPage Today and CBS NewsHour, April 4, 2013)
• Report finds states with highest gun violence have weakest gun laws (New York Times, April 4, 2013)
• Curbing children’s tobacco use in India by boosting life skills, confidence (HSPH Feature, March 22, 2013)
• Jamaican Dancehall music promoting skin bleaching sends harmful message (The Huffington Post, March 19, 2013)
• Innovative study documents changing health needs of African women (HSPH Feature, March 13, 2013)
• Maternal health advocates push for new global goals (HSPH Feature, March 5, 2013)
• Task force finds no need for healthy women to take daily Vitamin D, calcium (MedPage Today, February 27, 2013)
• Using media—and Muppets—to promote health (HSPH Feature, February 26, 2013)
• Preventing suicides by reducing access to guns (New York Times and USA Today, February 19, 2013)
• Should young children use iPads? (Washington Post, December 17, 2012)
• Harvard School of Public Health experts offer insights on curbing U.S. gun violence (HSPH Feature, January 22, 2013)
• Flame retardants associated with neurobehavioral problems in children (HSPH Feature, November 30, 2012)
• Younger Students More Likely Than Older Peers To Be Prescribed ADHD Medications (Boston Globe, November 23, 2012)
• Modern-Day Slavery: New Book Provides Economic, Historical, and Legal Overview of Bonded Labor (HSPH Feature, November 19, 2012)
• Painting the Big Picture on a Navajo Reservation (HSPH Feature, November 2, 2012)
• The Cost of Not Helping the World’s Most Vulnerable Children (HSPH Feature, November 1, 2012)
• Rosling Uses  ‘Animated Statistics’ to Show Global Health Trends (Harvard Gazette, November 1, 2012)
• Community Reaction Critical to Rebuilding Lives of Child Soldiers (The Globe and Mail (Canada), October 3, 2012)
• Life Expectancy Declines Among Least-Educated Whites (The New York Times, September 20, 2012)
• Home Stress, Work Stress Linked With Increased Smoking (HSPH Feature, September 12, 2012)
• Breaking the Cycle of Undernourished Women Giving Birth to Low-Birthweight Babies (HSPH Feature, August 30, 2012)
• Studies Explore Micronutrients’ Effects in Pregnant Women and their Children (HSPH Feature, August 23, 2012)
• Lower Birth Rates Bring Economic Benefits but Raise Short-Term Inequality (The Economist, August 11, 2012)
• On the Origin of American Gun Violence (Huffington Post, July 31, 2012)
• Impact of Fluoride on Neurological Development in Children (HSPH Feature, July 25, 2012)
• Stressful Childhood Events Linked to Elevated Inflammation in Adolescence (Psychoneuroendocrinology, June 21, 2012)
• Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and ‘Mostly Heterosexual’ Young Adults Have Higher Risk of PTSD Than Heterosexuals (HSPH Feature, June 14, 2012)
• Stress May Add to Pollution Risks for Low-Income Children (Environmental Health News, June 6, 2012)
• Benefits of Early Education Program for At-Risk Kids Don’t Extend to Siblings (The Chicago Tribune, June 4, 2012)
• New Research Explores Role of Genetics in Smoking and Lung Cancer (HSPH Feature, May 15, 2012)
• For Both Bullies and Their Victims, Victimization Plays a Role (HSPH Feature, May 11, 2012)
• Newer Antiepileptic Drugs Associated With Lower Risk of Fetal Malformations than Older Drugs (HSPH Feature, May 7, 2012)
• Report says countries must address needs of world’s aging population (HSPH Feature, April 6, 2012)
• Research team corroborates Darfur abuse allegations (PLoS Medicine, April 3, 2012)
• Social networks and volunteering linked with good health worldwide (HSPH Feature, February 28, 2012)
• Examining racial disparities in cancer and mortality rates (HSPH Feature, March 14, 2012)
• Documenting public health needs in African communities destabilized by militia violence (HSPH Feature, March 6, 2012)
• Youth angry with the global economic crisis insist on change (Finance & Development, March 1, 2012)
• Prolonged childhood stress takes toll on developing brains that can last a lifetime (Boston Globe, February 25, 2012)
• Most Americans support reducing nicotine levels in cigarettes to stop children from taking up smoking (HSPH Feature, February 16, 2012)
• Searching for answers to causes of childhood depression (HSPH Feature, January 2012)
• HSPH researcher studies best ways to prevent auto-pedestrian crashes (HSPH Feature, December 20, 2011)
• In developing nations, the rich get heavier while the poor stay thin (Reuters, November 2, 2011)
• Why civilian war deaths matter (HSPH Feature, November 1, 2011)
• Worst hospitals treat twice as many elderly minority and poor patients as best hospitals (U.S. News & World Report, October 6, 2011)
• Low-income countries committing to improve the health of mothers and children (The Huffington Post, September 20, 2011)
• Population explosion demands thoughtful response (CNN, August 17, 2011)
• Technology boosts humanitarian efforts (HSPH Feature, August 24, 2011)
• Protecting children from adversity key to healthy development (HSPH Feature, August 16, 2011)
• Take it to heart: positive emotions may be good for health (HSPH Feature, August 15, 2011)
• Secondhand smoke may cause mental health problems in children (The Huffington Post, July 11, 2011)
• Where you live can affect your health (HSPH Feature, July 26, 2011)
• Mass graves documented in Sudan, says Harvard Humanitarian Initiative-affiliated Satellite Sentinel Project (Satellite Sentinel, June 13, 2012)
• Boys who bully may grow up to be abusive men (US News & World Report, June 6, 2011)
• Selective abortion of girls appears common throughout India (Lancet, May 24, 2011)
• HSPH’s Connolly fighting worldwide tobacco spread (Harvard Gazette, May 12, 2011)
• So you want to do disaster relief? Simulation tests the mettle of humanitarian aid workers-in-training (HSPH Feature, May 6, 2011)
• Rapid population growth poses daunting challenges for Africa (New York Times, May 3, 2011)
• Women’s height declining in many low-income countries (HSPH Feature, April 25, 2011)
• Curbing tobacco use in the developing world (Harvard Crimson, April 21, 2011)
• New IOM report finds that protein and calories can help lessen effects of traumatic brain injury (April 20, 2011)
• National Public Health Week 2011: Live injury-free (HSPH Feature, April 5, 2011)
• Stress plays key role in racial disparities in health (HSPH Feature, April 2, 2011)
• Crises responders seek to bridge gaps in emergency response (HSPH Feature, March 29, 2011)
• Tapping the ‘information fire hose’: Report says new techniques can boost aid in natural disasters (Harvard Gazette, March 28, 2011)
• Efforts by HSPH Dean Julio Frenk and colleagues to fight cancer in the developing world highlighted inScience magazine special issue (March 25 issue)
• TIME Magazine’s “Ten Ideas that Will Change the World” features HSPH faculty research (Time, March 17, 2011)
• In wake of Japanese earthquake, HSPH experts discuss humanitarian response, radiation risks (Boston Globe, March 15, 2011)
• Asking patients to pay more for health care may not reduce costs, could be harmful to vulnerable populations (February)
• Poll finds whites without college degrees pessimistic about economy’s future (The Washington Post, February 22, 2011)
• Millions of Americans will ‘churn’ in and out of coverage under affordable care act (NPR’s Marketplaceand  Healthday, February 3, 2011)
• HSPH Dean Julio Frenk, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon call for action to address chronic disease in developing countries (World Economic Forum, January 27, 2011)
• One year after Haitian earthquake, HSPH faculty and alumni involved in recovery efforts reflect on progress (Harvard Gazette, January 11, 2011)
• President Obama Calls on Americans to volunteer as mentors (FoxNews.com, January 11, 2011)
• Harvard Humanitarian Initiative collaborates on George Clooney-fundped roject to monitor tension, avert potential disaster in Sudan (December 29, 2010)
• HSPH alum explores role of stress in heart health disparities (Boston Globe, December 27, 2010)
• HSPH researchers seek to understand Africa’s chronic diseases (Harvard Gazette, December 16, 2010)
• Health is key component of global agenda, says HSPH Dean Frenk (Huffington Post, December 10, 2010)
• Health policy news: Can Medicaid successfully enroll the uninsured? (CurrentMedicine.tv, November 27, 2010)
• Health disparities news: Researcher looks for links between neighborhoods and health (The Harvard Gazette, November 18, 2010)
• Smokeless tobacco products designed to attract the young (WBZ-TV, November 17, 2010)
• Institute of Medicine Head Harvey Fineberg discusses growing disease burden in developing nations (Harvard Gazette, November 10, 2010)
• Surgery an unmet need in global health (Harvard Gazette, November 8, 2010)
• Leaders discuss disaster-readiness (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, September 27, 2010)
• Aftermath of a world at war: Photojournalists’ exhibit records tragic results of remote conflicts (Harvard Gazette, September 10, 2010)
• Tobacco signs still target city’s poorer areas (The Boston Globe, August 30, 2010)
• Adults born in famine show higher pre-diabetes risk (Reuters, July 23, 2010) 
• Handguns shouldn’t be a household staple (Chicago Tribune, July 9, 2010)