Why don’t high-income countries provide clean water and sanitation for all?

March 21, 2023
An article published online March 14 by The Lancet Global Health explores what one researcher calls “the unfinished business of water and sanitation in rich countries.”

U.S. Catholic hospitals saw more than 500,000 births in 2020, according to UNC-Duke research

March 21, 2023
Researchers at UNC and Duke have found that, in 2020, more than 500,000 U.S. births occurred in Catholic hospitals, which may not provide a full range of reproductive health care. Catholic hospitals were the predominant option for delivery care in more than 10% of U.S. counties, and many had no available alternative.

Kafka receives 2023 Dean's Distinguished Dissertation Award

March 16, 2023
Dr. Julie Kafka, a recent doctoral graduate in health behavior from the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, has been named one of four 2023 recipients of The Graduate School's annual Dean's Distinguished Dissertation Awards.

An unexpected path to reducing child abuse and neglect investigations nationwide

February 23, 2023
Increased eligibility for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program has been found to reduce the number of child protective services investigations of suspected child abuse and neglect nationwide.

The Abstract: February 20, 2023

February 20, 2023
New research on physical activity during pregnancy, human rights support for tobacco cessation and the association between socioeconomic mobility and depression.

Turpin advises on new EPA guidance to protect communities from harmful pollution

February 17, 2023
Dr. Barbara Turpin recently served on the Particulate Matter Review Panel of the EPA's Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee, which advised on new revisions to strengthen the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for fine particle pollution.

Kahkoska named ADA Pathway to Stop Diabetes grant recipient

February 8, 2023
Dr. Anna Kahkoska is one of two recipients of the American Diabetes Association's prestigious Pathway to Stop Diabetes grants to advance Type 1 diabetes research.

HIV research in the time of COVID-19: Chunyan Li studies barriers to PrEP in Guangdong and a unique intervention

February 6, 2023
Chunyan Li is a social and behavioral researcher in the Department of Health Behavior at the Gillings School applying socially innovative and community-engaged approaches to promote public health in global settings. For her dissertation, she worked with UNC Project-China to assess barriers to PrEP in the province of Guangdong. She also tested a phone app intervention to improve HIV/sexual health care.

Mapping the journey to adopt glucose monitoring technology among older adults with Type 1 diabetes

February 3, 2023
Research from Drs. Anna Kahkoska and Kristen Hassmiller Lich has found that, despite the challenges, data suggest that with adequate time, training and support, older adults are able to use continuous glucose monitoring effectively.

The Abstract: January 30, 2023

January 30, 2023
Our work has a global impact! Read about new HIV research with communities in sub-Saharan Africa, a global health workshop on air quality in Africa, and an economic report on the impact of health and science misinformation in Canada.

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