Strategies to promote healthy weight, nutrition, and physical activity are commonly identified in large local health department Community Health Improvement Plans, yet not all strategies have the strongest evidence for effectiveness or for reducing health disparities.
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Leveraging Twitter data and deep learning, this research provides a comprehensive insight into public sentiment towards soda taxes, highlighting the role social media can play in policy making.
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Machine learning models demonstrate remarkable potential to correct self-reported anthropometric data and improve the accuracy of obesity prevalence estimates.
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Charlotte Baker, DrPH, MPH, CPH, is a true public health practitioner, as her work crosscuts epidemiology, health behaviors, biostatistics, policy, sports injury, and health disparities. As an assistant professor of epidemiology and biostatistics at Florida A&M University, teaching takes up 80 percent of her time, which means that getting the research in requires a great deal of extra effort. Multitasking
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by Justin B. Moore, PhD, MS In late 2016, I began a conversation with Tennessee Commissioner of Health, John Dreyzehner, MD, MPH, FACOEM to discuss his Primary Prevention Initiative. As he describes in this second installment of a three-part interview, the Tennessee Department of Health seeks to become “a recognized and trusted leader, partnering and engaging to accelerate Tennessee into one of the nation’s healthiest
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by Justin B. Moore, PhD, MS Earlier this year, I had the opportunity to sit down with Tennessee Commissioner of Health, John Dreyzehner, MD, MPH, FACOEM to discuss his Primary Prevention Initiative. As he describes in this first segment of a three-part interview, the Tennessee Department of Health is placing a renewed focus on upstream causes of disease in collaboration
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