Exploring pregnancy’s impacts on careers, finances
The July 10, 2018 episode of the WNPR’s “Where We Live,” which focused on pregnancy in America, featured Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health’s Jocelyn Finlay, senior research scientist in the Department of Global Health and Population.…
Adolescents in developing countries face numerous health threats
From smoking to the ravages of war, adolescents in developing countries face numerous threats to their health.
Lower birth rates bring economic benefits but raise short-term inequality
As a country’s birthrate declines, people of working age make up a larger share of the population, which can fuel economic improvement. But a new study by Harvard School of Public Health researchers finds that lower birthrates raise…
Women's height declining in many low-income countries
April 25, 2011 -- Over the last four decades the average height of women has declined in Africa, stalled in several South American countries, and varied considerably in other low- to middle-income countries, according to a new HSPH…