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What is Evidence-Based Programming? Last month, we talked about public health programming and how structured, focused programs can create real change in communities. This month, we’re looking at the next…

Weathering: When Inequality Becomes BiologyLast month, we discussed how poverty shapes health. This month, we’re going one step further.We’re talking about how inequality influences health in ways that become embedded in…

Last month, we talked about ​social determinants of health,​ which are the conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work, and age, and how those conditions shape health outcomes. Health equity…

Public health is referred to as a social science. Social Sciences are the fields that study how people live, work, learn, and interact. When you think about public health as…

The term public health programming might sound a little abstract, but at its heart, it's simply about improving the health of individuals, families, and whole communities through organized, evidence-based action (we talked…

Every year, billions of dollars are spent on health research, but only a fraction of that knowledge makes it into the hands of the community organizations working on the front…