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Healthy recipes and effective social marketing campaign improve eating habits

The Food Hero social marketing campaign is an effective way to help low-income families eat more nutritious meals through fast, tasty, affordable and healthy recipes, two new research studies from Oregon State University have found.

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Public Health Students

A masterful balance for student-athlete Marcus McMaryion

It’s been an exciting year for College of Public Health and Human Sciences’ public health sophomore and OSU Beavers quarterback Marcus McMaryion. He was recently put in as the team’s starting quarterback after two of his teammates suffered injuries. He also changed his major from kinesiology to public health.

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Mental health spending nets return by reducing jail population

Each dollar a state spends on mental health care cuts roughly 25 cents off its jail expenditures by reducing its inmate population, a new study shows.

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Alumni

Alumnus honors wife and supports CPHHS students with scholarship

In 1999, Fang established the Cynthia W. M. Li Fang Memorial Scholarship to support students in the CPHHS. He also established the Dr. Sheng Chung Fang Endowed Fellowship in the College of Agricultural Sciences, and in Summer 2016 created the Dr. Sheng Chung Fang Chemistry Fellowship for graduate students in the College of Science.

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System changes improve prenatal care for Oregon Medicaid beneficiaries

Oregon’s 2012 shift to an incentivized, accountable-care system for Medicaid beneficiaries led to positive changes for expectant mothers and their babies, research at Oregon State University shows.

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The fitness diaries: Kelly Chandler

Kelly Chandler has loved running since the first grade. She started alongside her father, and it quickly turned into her lifestyle when she was growing up. She was part of her junior high and high school track and field teams and frequently participated in street races. Competing in a triathlon is on her bucket list.