Dementia's financial and family impact
Study shows people with dementia face rapid rise in unpaid and paid home care and major erosion of net worth, plus increases in personal spending.
Policy
Tobacco policy, public health experts explore most effective harm reduction, mitigation efforts
An online course from the University of Michigan explores the history of smoking in the U.S., the health effects of tobacco and other nicotine products, the tobacco industry's role in the epidemic, the ever-evolving policy landscape, and emerging efforts around the world related to tobacco harm reduction as a complement to traditional tobacco control measures.
How The Supreme Court's Next Gun Ruling Could Impact Mass Shootings
April Zeoli quoted in the Huffington Post
April Zeoli, associate professor of Health Management and Policy, discusses her research that focuses on domestic violence-related firearm restrictions.
Michigan Public Health launches speaker series The Exchange: Conversations with distinguished scholars
This fall, Michigan Public Health will offer a new opportunity to gather in our pursuit of a healthier, more equitable world for all with the launch of a new speaker series: “The Exchange: Conversations with distinguished scholars.”
Project HEARD Empowers Community Organizations for Effective Policy Change
The project utilizes community-academic partnerships to work toward defined policy goals set forth using a community-based participatory approach.
Project HEARD (Health Equity via Advocacy for Resources in Detroit), a Detroit URC policy initiative co-led by Michigan Public Health faculty and community partners, supports community-led efforts to advance health equity in Detroit and beyond.
Farms need to recruit US residents before hiring foreign farmworkers. Some skip that step, lawsuits allege.
Lisbeth Iglesias-Ríos and Alexis Handal discuss Michigan Farmworker Project
Farms are allowed to hire foreign workers through the H-2A visa program to help fill labor gaps. But, as several recent lawsuits and federal investigations show, some farms favored H-2A farmworkers over U.S.-based farmworkers willing to do the job.