A team of community health researchers including individuals from Tulane University recently examined ways to address behavioral health needs after disasters. The resulting study, “Case Study of Resilient Baton Rouge: Applying Depression Collaborative Care and Community Planning to Disaster Recovery,” published in the June issue of International Journal of Environmental and Public Health, illustrates how in the context of a…
Keep Reading Resilience-building is transferable in communities after a disasterMonth: October 2018
An “extra strength” nutrition master’s degree
The nutrition section of the Department of Global Community Health and Behavioral Sciences (GCHB) is launching a new training program targeted at nutrition students interested in working in the maternal and child health (MCH) area. The program is being funded by the U.S. Health Resources & Services Administration, and Tulane was one of two programs in the country added to…
Keep Reading An “extra strength” nutrition master’s degreeNew grant: Reducing blight to reduce crime
Can cleaning and cutting a vacant lot cause a chain of events that saves a teen from gun violence? That’s the provocative question behind a new Tulane University research project to study whether maintaining vacant lots and fixing up blighted properties in high-crime areas reduces incidents of youth and family violence. The National Institutes of Health awarded Tulane a $2.3…
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Dear Friends (current and future!), This is my inaugural dean’s message for the newly revised SPHTM Magazine. I couldn’t be happier to be at Tulane or more excited about the School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine. We have a lot of great content in this issue, such as new research looking at how reducing blight could reduce neighborhood violence…
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