Pets & health The evidence is clear: pets improve health of their people. As just one example, a recent article found on MedlinePl...
Showing posts with label health communication. Show all posts
Showing posts with label health communication. Show all posts
In Honor of The World Cup: My Favorite Public Health Themed "Things Tim Howard Could Save"
As the World Cup came to a close this afternoon, I had fun revisiting my favorite #ThingsTimHowardCouldSave . For those of you that missed...
Olivia Wilde, World Breastfeeding Week, Infant Formula, and A Critique of the Language We Use to Talk About It
My son taking a bottle of formula in the NICU (February 2014) When my baby boy arrived, he weighed 4 pounds, 13 ounces. He entered the ...
"Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt"…Comedy and Public Health?
Image credit: Netflix.com Over the past year, I've enjoyed binge watching various TV shows after my son’s bedtime. I've been ho...
Health Awareness Days: Sufficient Evidence to Support the Craze? A New Commentary in AJPH
My regular readers know that I have some hesitations about campaigns that focus on "raising awareness". The phrase is vague and i...
Should We Trust Similac The Mother?
If any of you frequent parenting blogs , Facebook groups, or classes, you no doubt saw a link to Similac’s new video “ The Mother’Hood ”....
Pop Health Is Now on Instagram
A few years ago, Pop Health posted on using Instagram for public health. Well- I am now joining in here ! Having an IG account will allow t...
#YourMomCares: But Is That Enough To Get You Enrolled For Health Insurance?
This week I saved a tweet that read "Celebrity mothers encourage young people to #getcovered." I thought "celebrity mothe...
Sofia Vergara, Nick Loeb, and a Bioethics Dilemma
Image Credit: NY Times On April 29, 2015 Nick Loeb, actress Sofía Vergara ’s ex fiancé, published an op-ed in the New York Times outli...
Media Reporting about Domestic Violence: What’s Missing?
Please welcome Elaine J. Alpert, MD, MPH as today's guest writer. Dr. Alpert is an internationally-respected family violence, sexual ...
What Are We Telling Mothers When We Say “Breast is Best"? Today on The Scientific Parent
I have recently joined The Scientific Parent as an Editor at Large . Today I'm getting a little personal and talking about why I cho...
1 is 2 Many: Can a Celebrity PSA Help Men to Stop Sexual Assault?
Last week The White House released, “Not Alone” , the first report of a task force on protecting students from sexual assault. To accomp...
Vaccination is a Work of Art
Image credit : http://artofsavingalife.com/ Vaccination is one of the most important issues we work on and champion in public health...
4. How Statins Destroy Muscles
Europe, especially the U.K., has become much enamored of statins in recent years. The U.K. now has the dubious distinction of being the onl...