Local collaboration key to effective evidence-based training, study finds
Collaborating with public health departments and other agencies is key to reducing turnover, strengthening relationships and promoting health equity, found a new study led by Stephanie Mazzucca-Ragan at the Brown School.
COVID-19 job losses impacted early withdrawal from retirement accounts
Having a robust emergency savings fund could help people weather financial shocks, such as job loss during the COVID-19 pandemic, finds a new study from the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis.
Study offers strategies to ensure equitable access to digital health tools
As digital health tools gain popularity with advanced technology, Maura Kepper, a Brown School assistant professor, stresses the urgent need for equitable designs to reach marginalized populations.
Self-employment tied to lower health in China
Older Chinese people who transition from wage earners to self-employment report lower self-rated health than those remaining in waged jobs, finds a study from the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis.
Halvorsen elected to officer role with Gerontological Society of America
Cal J. Halvorsen, an associate professor at the Brown School, has been elected vice chair of the Gerontological Society of America’s Social Research, Policy and Practice section.
Ugandan women’s autonomy key to safer sex
Ugandan women’s ability to negotiate the conditions and timing of sex is key to preventing several reproductive health outcomes, say experts from the university’s Brown School.
Brown School students named public health ambassadors
Busayo Akinloye and Mayah Clayton, who are pursuing master’s degrees in public health in the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis, have been named This Is Public Health Ambassadors for 2024-25 by the Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health.
Health and hope in Montana
Alumna Tescha Hawley was named a Top Ten CNN Hero in 2023 for her service to the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation and surrounding areas.
Sherraden honored as ‘Social Work Pioneer’
Michael Sherraden, the George Warren Brown Distinguished University Professor at the Brown School, has been named a Social Work Pioneer by the National Association of Social Workers Foundation.
Experts outline strategic roadmap for public health advancements
Ross C. Brownson of the Brown School makes recommendations for transforming the U.S. public health system in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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