Publications

The Disparate Impact of COVID-19 in St. Louis

By April 30, 2020
The Disparate Impact of COVID-19 in St. Louis
“The smoldering disparities that we’ve allowed to persist for decades are bursting into flames. If the human toll of those disparities isn’t enough to motivate us, remember that this is an infectious disease, so that fire will spread.” In episode 1 of a 5 part series on Medium, PRC’s Karishma Furtado and Alex Morshed discuss […]

Practitioner perspective: Building capacity for evidence-based public health involves the use of administrative evidence-based practices

By April 6, 2020
Practitioner perspective: Building capacity for evidence-based public health involves the use of administrative evidence-based practices
A majority of deaths in the US are attributable to chronic diseases like cardiovascular disease and diabetes and public health systems across the world have been tasked with intervening at the population level to reduce this burden. State health departments are increasingly utilizing evidence-based public health (EBPH) as an important tool to meet population health […]

Parents in highly disadvantaged neighborhoods more likely to restrict children’s play

By March 16, 2020
Parents in highly disadvantaged neighborhoods more likely to restrict children’s play
Today’s parents are restricting their children’s outdoor play, but children in highly disadvantaged neighborhoods face more restrictions, our new research finds. “Being physically active and playing outdoors is essential for adolescent development,” writes the study’s lead author, Dr. Maura Kepper, research assistant professor at the PRC. “Policy and environment change that improves neighborhood conditions may […]

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