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Volume 50 Issue 4, August 2023
Special Issue: Public Health Students’ Perspectives on the Future of Public Health Education
- Guest Editor: Paul J. Fleming PhD, MPH
- Guest Editor: Cindy Le MPH
- Guest Editor: Leah C. Neubauer EdD, MA
- Guest Editor: Nicole Robinson PhD, MPH, MSW
Introduction to Special Issue
Abstract
Our society faces an uncertain future and the field of public health will have an important role to play in shaping this future. This article introduces the special issue The Future of Health Education & Behavior which is focused on perspectives and ...Restricted accessIntroductionFirst published August 1, 2023pp. 461–464
Perspectives & Commentaries
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The societal distrust of public health alongside the complex, intersecting, and large public health crises of today and our future requires a transformation of the education of the next generation of public health leaders. The field of public health’s ...Restricted accessResearch articleFirst published August 1, 2023pp. 465–472
Abstract
Racism impedes the health of communities of color and, more recently, has been declared a public health crisis. Social uprisings in response to the police brutalities in the summer of 2020 have further pushed public health as a discipline to recognize ...Restricted accessResearch articleFirst published August 1, 2023pp. 473–476
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Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the shortcomings and neglected weaknesses of public health systems have risen to the surface, emphasizing the need for new approaches to designing and delivering public health training. Higher education ...Restricted accessResearch articleFirst published August 1, 2023pp. 477–481
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Racial health inequities persist despite many attempts to correct them. Inadequate comprehension of racism obscures the ordinariness of racism in public health institutions. In addition to applying critical race theory (CRT) to the research and practice ...Open AccessResearch articleFirst published August 1, 2023pp. 482–492
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Assimilation theories dominate immigration scholarship to examine differential life chances, opportunities, and health of immigrants across three waves of immigrants in the United States. Assimilation theories are widely used in public health to explain ...Restricted accessResearch articleFirst published August 1, 2023pp. 493–499
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The rise of Black maternal mortality rates throughout the country demonstrates a great need to utilize innovative frameworks to craft solutions that improve health outcomes for Black birthing people. Previous research and interventions have examined ...Restricted accessResearch articleFirst published August 1, 2023pp. 500–504
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Bam! Thunk! Bam! I awaken to commotion at my front door. Clash! Boom! It sounds like someone is trying to knock down my door. I hear voices outside my ground-floor apartment. My boyfriend, Kenneth, wakes up immediately. The banging is getting louder and ...Restricted accessResearch articleFirst published August 1, 2023pp. 505–507
Weight and Nutrition
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Health education and research has historically relied on partnerships between institutions that focus on prescribing interventions rather than working with communities to identify and address systemic violence and oppression as root causes of health ...Restricted accessResearch articleFirst published August 1, 2023pp. 508–516
Abstract
Background
Weight bias is common in health care and needs to be addressed to provide equal and
equitable care for people of all body sizes.
Aims
This review aims to (a) describe the impact of weight bias on providers and patients,
(b) identify the ...
Restricted accessResearch articleFirst published June 23, 2023pp. 517–528
Abstract
Background
Health behaviors, like diet, are influenced by a person’s culture and the society
where they reside, contributing to the presence of health disparities within a unique
region. Such disparities are evident in Central Appalachia where a unique ...
Open AccessResearch articleFirst published August 1, 2023pp. 529–537
Health Policy and Health Theory
Abstract
Since federal legalization in 1973, abortion has become a safe and popular option for those who desire to terminate a pregnancy. However, the Supreme Court decision of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization in June 2022 clearly outlined a national ...Restricted accessResearch articleFirst published August 1, 2023pp. 538–542
Abstract
Background
Individuals may find it challenging and discomforting to communicate about sex because
they may lack the skills and efficacy necessary to communicate their sexual desires.
When individuals do have opportunities to have such discussions about sex ...
Restricted accessResearch articleFirst published August 1, 2023pp. 543–551
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