Public Health 101: Introduction to public health
Public Health is a broad and evolving discipline. The Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Postdoctoral Association is pleased to present an overview of the five core areas of public health (epidemiology, biostatistics, social and behavioral sciences, environmental health, and health policy and management), with an inside peak of special topics from the experts.
Participants will learn how to pose a research question and how to develop a study design (epidemiology and biostatistics), learn about gene-environment interactions (environmental health), safety climate research (social and behavioral sciences), and health financing (health policy and management).
1/5: Introduction, case, and background of public health
2/5: Introduction to epidemiology and biostatistics
3/5: Introduction to environmental health
4/5: Introduction to social and behavioral sciences
5/5: Introduction to health policy and management
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Candia Tom Aliti- Good foundation for PH practioners
Crystal Grose - Great lecture! Thank you!
June 1, 2017 — Health officials in Minnesota are now grappling with that state’s largest measles outbreak in several decades. As of May 31, the Minnesota Department of Health had confirmed 70 cases of the disease. The outbreak is being blamed in part on anti-vaccine groups who targeted Somali-Americans, leading to a sharp drop in the number of children receiving the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine. In this week’s podcast, we get perspective on the outbreak from childhood vaccine expert Marie McCormick, Sumner and Esther Feldberg Professor of Maternal and Child Health, at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. We spoke with McCormick about the roots of the anti-vaccine movement, as well as communications strategies to ensure that children receive critical immunizations.
The ‘Disneyland Outbreak’ is mentioned in this discussion.
