Tag: rural health
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Sarah Munro receives grant to research rural medication abortion care
Dr. Sarah Munro’s research team is looking to create evidence-based guidelines to support abortion care for people living in remote areas.
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Donald Chi and Yup’ik communities partner to improve oral health of Alaskan Native children
Sugary drinks have negative health impacts. Chi’s partnership with Native Alaskan communities has been working to improve oral health.
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MPH students build roads to equitable health care in rural communities
Liz Mariluz and Elena Soyer, Health Services MPH students, engaged with rural communities through their practicums. Practicum projects are a field-based experience with a public health organization required for our MPH degrees.
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Faculty member Linda Ko is combatting obesity by inspiring healthy lifestyle habits in rural school systems
There are both regional and ethnic disparities in childhood obesity. While Linda Ko’s research team set out to understand why childhood obesity in rural Latino communities is so prevalent, they also partnered with the Yakima community find strategies to prevent it.