People, Health & Place Unit expands global initiatives with new collaborations in Brazil (Links to an external site)
Category: Global Health
Planting and cultivating seeds through connection (Links to an external site)
In her work with local organizations to promote health and wellness in the St. Louis region, Diana Parra Perez, PhD ’13, sees the power of solidarity.
Geographic Distribution of the Ciclovia and Recreovia Programs by Neighborhood SES in Bogotá: How Unequal is the Geographic Access Assessed Via Distance-based Measures?
Brown School launches pandemic initiative (Links to an external site)
The Brown School is pleased to present our Foundations of Pandemic Preparedness & Response program. This five-part, 20-hour program provides a self-paced, online tool kit to help public health and social service professionals respond, mitigate, and prevent infectious disease outbreaks, focusing on the COVID-19 pandemic. The course is a foundational experience designed to build basic understanding and skills in: Epidemiology Surveillance […]
Maternal and familial correlates of anthropometric typologies in the nutrition transition of Colombia
Parra DC, Gomez LF, Iannotti L, Haire-Joshu D, Sebert Kuhlmann AK, Brownson RC. Maternal and familial correlates of anthropometric typologies in the nutrition transition of Colombia, 2000 2010. Public Health Nutr. 2018 Jun 1:1-11. doi:10.1017/S1368980018001337. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed [citation] PMID: 29852886
Cross-sectional and prospective relationship between physical activity and chronic diseases in European older adults.
Marques A, Peralta M, Martins J, de Matos MG, Brownson RC. Cross-sectional and prospective relationship between physical activity and chronic diseases in European older adults. Int J Public Health. 2017 May;62(4):495-502. doi: 10.1007/s00038-016-0919-4. Epub 2016 Dec 17. PubMed [citation] PMID: 27988796