It’s important for researchers to share or disseminate their findings, and I’m interested in learning what information is shared – or not – how that information is communicated and how that influences some else’s behavior.
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Know me, care for me, ease my way
When Dave Underriner left Oregon State in 1981 with a forestry degree in hand, he never imagined he would one day manage 17,500 employees as Providence’s regional chief executive.
For CPHHS alumna Julee Christianson, MPH ’14, it took a few years in the MPH program at Oregon State to find her passion. And now she’s turned that passion into a job that will undoubtedly improve the lives of others.
Improving your heart health may be as simple as making small behavioral changes – a new study of behavioral health interventions suggests that they are effective at helping people alter their lifestyles and lead to physical changes that could improve overall health.
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A poison in small doses
The researchers are investigating the possibility that arsenic may compromise the immune system in utero, leading to a lifetime of increased risk for infectious disease. They are also studying whether arsenic exposure may also make vaccinations less effective.
In an effort to bridge athletic training and public health, the Athletic Training and Public Health Summit highlighted issues important to athletic trainers and introduced how a population approach has, or could be, used to promote preventive practices at the population level.