Category: Vol. 8/ Is. 03, Mar 2018
Creating a Landscape of Community Population Health and Wellness Contexts for Children
Spotlight on Research at COPH – Preventive health behaviors, such as physical activity and healthful eating, are brief events that accumulate throughout the day. Previous research and health professional practice have typically viewed sustained health behavior as an individual’s decision made frequently and habitually over time. Strategies to promote healthy behavior have focused on developing […]
Mar 30, 2018
Student Highlight: Nirosha Rathnayake Hometown: Kandy, Sri Lanka Degree and concentration: Ph.D. Biostatistics What brought you to the field of public health? I grew up in a farming family. My parents helped to provide me with opportunities that allowed me to work outside the farm environment, opening my eyes to many other careers. Since childhood, […]
Mar 30, 2018
Spotlight on Research at COPH – Medical care expenditures are highly concentrated in the U.S. with 5% of the population responsible for nearly half of all health care expenses. Patients with high medical utilization often have frequent emergency department visits. There is an increasing interest in studying the characteristics and underlying needs of the frequent […]
Mar 30, 2018
