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The mediatrician: Alum frames kids' media diet as public health issue
The average American youth takes in eight to ten hours of media every day, up more than two hours from just five years ago. This electronic environment is the “air kids breathe,” says HSPH Assoc. Prof. Michael Rich,…
Exposure to BPA, chemical used to make plastics, before birth linked to behavioral, emotional difficulties in young girls
Boston, MA – Exposure in the womb to bisphenol A (BPA) – a chemical used to make plastic containers and other consumer goods – is associated with behavior and emotional problems in young girls, according to a study…
Mother's trans fat consumption linked to baby's size
A new study by Harvard School of Public Health researchers and colleagues found that women who ate more food containing trans fats, such as fried foods and baked goods, gave birth to larger babies. The study will appear…
HSPH partners with Mass. on childhood obesity prevention in New Bedford, Fitchburg
Pilot programs to fight childhood obesity will be launched in New Bedford and Fitchburg, thanks to a $1.7 million federal grant awarded to the Massachusetts Department of Public Health. The Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) is a…
Low-income countries committing to improving health of mothers and children
The World Health Organization’s Partnership for Maternal Newborn and Child Health, chaired by Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) Dean Julio Frenk, released a report highlighting progress made since last year’s United Nations summit meeting on improving women…
Safety test: Gates Foundation supports clinical trial for childbirth checklist
[ Fall 2011 ] Of the estimated 130 million births each year around the world, 4 million babies die in the first 28 days of life. Nearly 350,000 of those births result in the mother's death, 99 percent of them…
CIFF grant supports new health leadership development program
[ Fall 2011 ] Harvard School of Public Health and Harvard Kennedy School of Government (HKS) will launch a unique ministerial health leadership development program next year in collaboration with the Children's Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF). Designed for ministerial-level leaders…
Vitamin A supplement programs improve child survival
Further research needed on more frequent supplementation and alternative dosing approaches, says HSPH’s Fawzi Vitamin A supplementation is an “important child survival initiative,” HSPH Prof. Wafaie Fawzi and doctoral candidate Andrew Thorne-Lyman wrote in the August 25, 2011…
Protecting children from adversity key to healthy development
August 16, 2011 -- For years, state and national policy regarding early childhood has focused primarily on educational enrichment. That’s all well and good, but it’s not enough, says Jack P. Shonkoff, Julius B. Richmond FAMRI Professor of Child…
Harvard School of Public Health receives $14.1 million grant to reduce maternal, infant deaths in India
Four-Year Study to Test Effectiveness of WHO Safe Childbirth Checklist For immediate release: July 26, 2011 Boston, MA – Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) has been awarded a $14.1 million, four-year grant from the Bill & Melinda…
