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April 9, 2013 | Human Capital Blog Post
The Khan Academy is a free online educational platform that provides self-paced, mastery-based education, and is a launching pad for what will become a complete, free knowledge-base for health care education.
August 19, 2011 | Story
Leaders' Link e-Newsletter: July/August 2011.
May 1, 2010 | Journal Article
In an effort to increase health literacy, this pilot study examined the use of short television clips from ER in health literacy curriculum, finding that their use led to student engagement in the content and demonstrated knowledge acquisition.
February 10, 2011 | Story
Executive director reports on new academic and research activities at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Center for Health Policy at Meharry Medical College—the first institute of its kind to be established at a historically black medical school.
December 23, 2009 | Commentary
Focus on prevention and wellness programs.
August 23, 2010 | Story
2010 Community Health Leader winner dispatches promotorascommunity volunteers who share health information with othersto educate Latino community about health, wellness and disease prevention.
June 16, 2010 | Story
Health & Society Scholar finds a unique way to bring epidemiology statistics to life for public health students.
November 1, 2006 | Journal Article
State and federal policy has increasingly financed and legislated abstinence-only education over the past decade, yet little is known about parental desires regarding sexuality education in states with mandated abstinence education. This study looks ...
April 12, 2013 | Journal Article
This study examined whether women giving birth in their teen years are more prone to overweight/obese status later in life.
May 15, 2012 | Report
This report summarizes the results of several studies comprising Year Three of an evaluation project assessing the impact of the Mississippi Healthy Students Act on childhood obesity. The evaluation measures trends in childhood obesity rates and ass ...