Diabetes education programs that are linguistically and culturally tailored to Latinos lead to significantly higher rates of completion.
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Community health worker Christina Chac applies her public health skills at the Asian Health and Service Center in Portland, Ore., but she got her start at Oregon State.
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By Jeff Luck Roughly 1 in 10 Americans lacks health insurance — far more than in any other wealthy country. At the same time, the United States spends far more on health care than such countries. Even the majority of Americans with employer-sponsored insurance face increasingly unaffordable premiums, deductibles and out-of-pocket costs. How does […]
Oregon’s unique health care delivery system for low-income patients is resulting in fewer infant deaths, according to a recent study by Oregon State University researchers.
Marijuana use among college students has been trending upward for years, but in states that have legalized recreational marijuana, use has jumped even higher. An Oregon State University study published in Addiction shows that in states where marijuana was legalized by 2018, both occasional and frequent use among college students has continued to rise beyond […]
To make it to the C-suite, Harris is pursuing a Master of Public Health degree online from Oregon State University.