public health
March 03, 2023
A Global Pandemic. The numbers are staggering. How do we get beyond the enormity of it all? How do we understand? How do we heal? How do we grow? By listening and learning. In March 2021, the Wick Poetry Center at Kent State University and the University of Arizona Poetry Center launched the…
March 02, 2023
Universal Health Aid (UHA) of Cleveland will host a roundtable panel to promote conversations about the opioid epidemic in the Greater Cleveland and Ohio area. This discussion, titled “Combating the Ohio Opioid Epidemic,” will be held Tuesday, March 7, from 4 to 6 p.m. in Tinkham Veale University…
March 02, 2023
Primary Care Progress (PCP) is an interprofessional student group dedicated to promoting health in our community. PCP hosts Cleveland’s own Just Walk, a Walk with a Doc program. This program is a free monthly walk with community members, healthcare providers, and health professional students to…
February 28, 2023
The application of games for health has become a credible intervention strategy for addressing diverse aspects of health issues, including health behavior change, healthcare professional training, and treatment. The next Prevention Research Center for Healthy Neighborhoods event will explore this…
February 22, 2023
The COVID-19 pandemic caused governors to use executive branch public health powers to an unprecedented degree. A combination of public weariness with the pandemic, frustration with executive actions designed to mitigate the community effects of COVID, and ongoing anti-government sentiment has…
February 20, 2023
University Health and Counseling Services, along with the Cuyahoga Board of Health, will offer free and confidential STI testing to all students Wednesday, Feb. 22, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the second-floor conference room of the Tinkham Veale University Center. Undergraduate, graduate and…
February 15, 2023
The nutrition and public health nutrition Master of Science (MS) programs at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine combine the studies of clinical health, public health and the science of nutrition in one department while offering a flexible curriculum, allowing students to tailor…
February 10, 2023
The Clinical and Translational Science Collaborative (CTSC) of Cleveland will host a health disparities “un-meeting” Thursday, March 16, from 10 a.m. to noon via Zoom for members of the community to talk about health disparities and help curate inspiration for health equity research. The event…
January 24, 2023
The Schubert Center for Child Studies and Pediatric Grand Rounds will host Elizabeth Benninger, CEO of Healthy Minds Healthy Communities Consulting LLC and a postdoctoral fellow at Cleveland State University’s Cleveland Alliance for Education Research, for a talk titled “Promoting Health and…
January 17, 2023
Despite the many factors that affect our health, the notion of personal responsibility dominates many of our conversations—in the doctor’s office, among friends and online. We are told by many authoritative and influential sources that health is largely a product of one’s individual effort, and…