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The health and well-being of populations around the world rely on well-trained public health practitioners and scholars who can meet today’s increasingly complex challenges. Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH) prepares students with a comprehensive curriculum that incorporates specialized study and practical field experience. Eight academic departments offer educational and research training in biostatistics, environmental health, epidemiology; health law, bioethics and human rights; health policy and management, international health, and maternal and child health, as well as social and behavioral sciences. Flexible full- and part-time programs of study allow students to work while pursuing their master’s, doctor of public health, specialized academic master’s, or doctor of science degrees. In addition to certificate programs, BUSPH provides dual degree options in cooperation with other graduate schools within Boston University.
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The Impact of Contract Operations on Safety in Underground Coal Mines
(Wolters Kluwer, 2016-09)OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to test for differences in injury rates for contractor-operated underground coal mines relative to owner-operated mines in Kentucky, controlling for other covariates. METHODS: We used ... -
Tools for Addressing Cumulative Impacts on Human Health and the Environment
(Mary Ann Liebert, 2014)"Cumulative impacts" refers to the total harm to human health and the environment resulting from combinations of stressors over time. Cumulative impacts are creating three kinds of effects: degraded ecosystems (such as ... -
PleioGRiP: Pleiotropic Genetic Risk Prediction via Bayesian model search and classification
(2012-11-16)The program PleioGRiP performs a genome-wide Bayesian model search to identify SNPs associated with a discrete phenotype, and uses SNPs ranked by Bayes factor to produce nested Bayesian classifiers. These classifiers can ... -
Growth of a Human Mammary Tumor Cell Line Is Blocked by Galangin, a Naturally Occurring Bioflavonoid, and Is Accompanied by Down-Regulation of Cyclins D3, E, and A
(BioMed Central, 2006-3-27)INTRODUCTION. This study was designed to determine if and how a non-toxic, naturally occurring bioflavonoid, galangin, affects proliferation of human mammary tumor cells. Our previous studies demonstrated that, in other ... -
Preconception Care Between Pregnancies: The Content of Internatal Care
(Springer US, 2006-7-1)For more than two decades, prenatal care has been a cornerstone of our nation's strategy for improving pregnancy outcomes. In recent years, however, a growing recognition of the limits of prenatal care and the importance ... -
Outcome of Crisis Intervention for Borderline Personality Disorder and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder: A Model for Modification of the Mechanism of Disorder in Complex Post Traumatic Syndromes
(BioMed Central, 2010-4-27)BACKGROUND. This study investigates the outcome of crisis intervention for chronic post traumatic disorders with a model based on the theory that such crises manifest trauma in the present. The sufferer's behavior is in ... -
Adaptation of a Smoking Cessation and Prevention Website for Urban American Indian/Alaska Native Youth
(Springer-Verlag, 2010-1-16)Tobacco use among American Indian youth is a disproportionately significant problem. We adapted and modified an existing web-based and youth-focused tobacco control program to make it appropriate for young urban American ... -
Reproductive Health Surveillance in the US-Mexico Border Region: Beyond the Border (and Into the Future)
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Association between Neighborhood Safety and Overweight Status among Urban Adolescents
(BioMed Central, 2009-8-11)BACKGROUND. Neighborhood safety may be an important social environmental determinant of overweight. We examined the relationship between perceived neighborhood safety and overweight status, and assessed the validity of ... -
Genetic and Epigenetic Somatic Alterations in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinomas Are Globally Coordinated but Not Locally Targeted
(Public Library of Science, 2010-3-11)BACKGROUND. Solid tumors, including head and neck squamous cell carcinomas (HNSCC), arise as a result of genetic and epigenetic alterations in a sustained stress environment. Little work has been done that simultaneously ... -
Causal Beliefs about Obesity and Associated Health Behaviors: Results from a Population-Based Survey
(BioMed Central, 2010-3-3)BACKGROUND. Several genetic variants are associated with obesity risk. Promoting the notion of genes as a cause for obesity may increase genetically deterministic beliefs and decrease motivation to engage in healthy lifestyle ... -
Rates of Virological Failure in Patients Treated in a Home-Based Versus a Facility-Based HIV-Care Model in Jinja, Southeast Uganda: A Cluster-Randomised Equivalence Trial
(Lancet Publishing Group, 2009-12-19)BACKGROUND. Identification of new ways to increase access to antiretroviral therapy in Africa is an urgent priority. We assessed whether home-based HIV care was as effective as was facility-based care. METHODS We undertook ... -
Why Don't Health Workers Prescribe ACT? A Qualitative Study of Factors Affecting the Prescription of Artemether-Lumefantrine
(BioMed Central, 2008-2-5)BACKGROUND Kenya recently changed its antimalarial drug policy to a specific artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT), artemether-lumefantrine (AL). New national guidelines on the diagnosis, treatment and prevention ... -
The Experience of "Medicine Companions" to Support Adherence to Antiretroviral Therapy: Quantitative and Qualitative Data from a Trial Population in Uganda
(Taylor & Francis, 2010-8-2)Good adherence is critical for antiretroviral therapy (ART) in sub-Saharan Africa. We report on the characteristics of medicine companions (MCs) chosen by Ugandan patients enrolling on ART, and on how MCs were chosen, and ... -
The Effect of Maternal Child Marriage on Morbidity and Mortality of Children Under 5 in India: Cross Sectional Study of a Nationally Representative Sample
(BMJ Publishing Group Ltd., 2010-1-21)Objective To assess associations between maternal child marriage (marriage before age 18) and morbidity and mortality of infants and children under 5 in India. Design Cross-sectional analyses of nationally representative ... -
Improving Breast Cancer Control via the Use of Community Health Workers in South Africa: A Critical Review
(Hindawi Publishing Corporation, 2010-9-26)Breast cancer is a growing concern in low- and middle-income countries (LMCs). We explore community health worker (CHW) programs and describe their potential use in LMCs. We use South Africa as an example of how CHWs could ... -
Automated MRI Measures Identify Individuals with Mild Cognitive Impairment and Alzheimer's Disease*
(Oxford University Press, 2009-5-21)Mild cognitive impairment can represent a transitional state between normal ageing and Alzheimer's disease. Non-invasive diagnostic methods are needed to identify mild cognitive impairment individuals for early therapeutic ... -
Prognostic Outcomes of Tall Cell Variant Papillary Thyroid Cancer: A Meta-Analysis
(SAGE-Hindawi Access to Research, 2010-7-26)Objective. To evaluate the prognosis of tall cell variant (TCV) compared to usual variant (UV) papillary thyroid cancer by comparing disease-related mortality and recurrence data from published studies. Methods. Ovid MEDLINE ... -
Apgar Score and Hospitalization for Epilepsy in Childhood: A Registry-Based Cohort Study
(BioMed Central, 2006-2-1)BACKGROUND. A depressed Apgar score at 5 minutes is a marker for perinatal insults, including neurologic damage. We examined the association between 5-minute Apgar score and the risk of epilepsy hospitalization in childhood. ... -
Assessment of Tobacco Control Advocacy Behavioural Capacity among Students at Schools of Public Health in China
(BMJ Group, 2010-9-21)OBJECTIVES. To evaluate student tobacco control advocacy behavioural capacity using longitudinal trace data. METHODS. A tobacco control advocacy curriculum was developed and implemented at schools of public health (SPH) ...
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