Growth for New Generations: Reflecting on Coahoma County's Resources as a Rural Community
Jasmin Valdez, Epidemiology Student
What are your initial thoughts when you think about the word ‘rural’?
Health Disparities
PHAST in the Time of COVID: Reflections on the Mississippi Project
Elena Shuvaeva, Epidemiology Student
While working on the PHAST Mississippi project, Elena considers the impacts of COVID-19 on population health outcomes.
This is Home
Danie Harris, Undergraduate Public Health Student
Dania works on a project analyzing conditions affecting older adults in Coahoma County, Mississippi.
Structural Barriers to Behavioral Interventions: Public Health in Action at South Texas
Mislael Valentin-Cortes
As public health professionals, we often inform our interventions on the social determinants of health and how behavioral factors deeply influence health outcomes. However, it is important to keep in mind that behavior is, in large part, determined by the socioeconomic, cultural, and environmental conditions in which individuals live.
"The Importance of Culture"
Allante Moon
Every culture is significantly different in terms of what they eat, how they prepare their food, how often they exercise and more! It is not appropriate to disregard these important aspects of another culture when trying to implement various interventions.