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150 results for "Population Health"

150 results for "Population Health"

Population Health

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The social determinants of health—the social, environmental, infrastructural, political, cultural, and educational conditions that exist where people live—have a profound impact on the health of populations in those places. The centers below focus on the...

Therapy, Mental Health, and the Young Male Population

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Risk factors and determinants of mental health include, but are not limited to, exposure to violence, societal pressures, adversity, substance abuse, discrimination or exclusion, and an adverse home life. Poor mental health carries consequences of both...

Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies (HCPDS)

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The Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies (HCPDS), founded in 1964, studies broad policy questions involving population, resources, health, and the environment. With the mission of improving wellbeing around the world, the goal of the...

How Should China Adapt for an Aging Population?

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As China’s population continues to age, how should the country’s health care system change to adapt? In an April 30 article from ChinaDaily, William Hsiao, Senior Scholar at the Global Health Education and Learning Incubator (GHELI), was one of several...

Air Pollution and Minority Populations

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Artist Wonuola Obasa (2022) Caption Nearly 7 million deaths a year throughout the world are attributable to air pollution. In the United States, four out of ten residents live in counties with unhealthy levels of air pollution. However, this exposure to...

Populations on the Move

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The current state of the world’s population is one of unprecedented diversity and change, reflected in new patterns of fertility, mortality, and migration. As demographic forces transform the size, structure and spatial distribution of populations...

Celebrating World Health Day

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Since 1950, World Health Day has been celebrated every April 7, highlighting areas of global health concern for populations worldwide. This World Health Day, the World Health Organization (WHO) is calling for action to eliminate health inequities towards...

Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

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Harvard’s commitment to advance learning and research in the health of populations (“public health”) includes and incorporates research within and across global borders as it relates to the multifaceted aspects of “global health.” At the Harvard T.H. Chan...

Remixing Refugee Health Through Art

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Artist Heba Mohamed (2022) Caption Amidst existing challenges—and the rise of many more humanitarian crises and refugee populations around the world—refugee health in the United States has been put on the backburner in recent years. The Trump...