Checklist and coaching program in India markedly improved childbirth care but did not reduce death rates
A checklist and coaching intervention to improve facility-based childbirth care and reduce deaths of women and newborns in India achieved significant gains in the quality of care during labor and delivery, but the improvements were insufficient to reduce…
Public health and behavioral economics
Can behavioral "nudges" in the form of cash transfers lead to better maternity care?
Health insurance uncertainty could lead to poorer health, more deaths
Efforts by both President Donald Trump and Congressional Republicans to undermine the Affordable Care Act (ACA) have created uncertainty in health insurance markets—and ongoing problems for people who want health coverage. Amidst the President’s threats to repeal or…
The importance of tracking eating disorders
Around 30 million Americans will be affected by an eating disorder in their lifetime, but these psychiatric disorders are not regularly tracked by the CDC.
Do hospitals really need so many beds?
For many hospital patients—such as someone recovering from hip surgery, or a woman in labor—bedrest is not necessarily the best thing for health. Yet most hospitals are designed with a focus on beds. In a November 8, 2017…
Why Public Health? Emily Arsen
May 2017 — In our series “Why Public Health?” we ask Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health students and alumni to talk about what drew them to the field. Emily Arsen, MPH ’18, hopes to explore how…
Why Public Health? Guilherme Trivellato
May 2017 — In our series “Why Public Health?” we ask Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health students and alumni to talk about what drew them to the field. A highlight for Guilherme Trivellato, DrPH ’17, was…
Why Public Health? Carolyn Brooks
May 2017 — In our series “Why Public Health?” we ask Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health students and alumni to talk about what drew them to the field. After graduating this month, Carolyn Brooks, ScD ’17,…
U.S. can learn from other nations' health care systems
The history of the U.S. health care system since the 1940s was the topic of a talk by John McDonough, professor of the practice of public health at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, at the annual…
President Trump’s opioid declaration unlikely to address root causes of epidemic
On October 26, President Trump declared America’s opioid crisis a public health emergency. Michael Barnett discusses the enormity of the crisis and the potential impact of the President’s actions.
