Policy Results
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What Are Social Determinants of Health?
Part 2 in Our 'What Is Public Health?' Video Series
Your health is influenced by a wide range of factors, and the body you were born with is only one of them. In part two of our ongoing 'What Is Public Health?" video series, learn about some of the other factors that influence our health and what public health professionals do to address them. Read more
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What Is Public Health?
A New Video Series from Michigan Public Health
The field of Public Health—though sometimes misunderstood—plays a critical role in the promotion of health, prevention of disease, and empowerment of people to manage chronic illness and disabilities. In the first of a new video series, discover how different facets of public health work together to drive lasting change. Read more
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The Impact of Parent-Child Separation at the Border
Hurley Riley
More than 2,300 children were separated from their parents at the US-Mexico border between May and June 2018. University of Michigan experts weigh in on how the trauma of long-term separation from their parents effects a child’s development. Read more
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Diversifying Agriculture for Healthy Diets
Andrew Jones
Uniform, high-input farms, the hallmark of modern intensive agriculture, have produced an abundance of food unimaginable at the start of the last century. But a healthy diet remains out of reach for billions worldwide. Read more
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Engaging the Communities We Inhabit
Spencer Walz
Despite advances in the field of mental health, uncertainty is still felt throughout many public mental health systems. Volunteering in the community has taught Spencer Walz that healing exists on a continuum. Read more
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Implications of the Divide between Federal and State Marijuana Policy
Rebecca Haffajee
Rebecca Haffajee, assistant professor of health management and policy at the University of Michigan School of Public Health, discusses the problems posed by the current divide between federal and state marijuana policy in the US and proposes three potential solutions. Read more
