Launch of the 2013 Speak To Your Health! Community Survey
This past weekend, students from the Public Health Action Support Team (PHAST) helped kick off the 2013 Speak To Your Health! (STYH) Community Survey in Genesee County. Seven students from University of Michigan School of Public Health and University of Mississippi were stationed at multiple sites around Flint over a span of three days including the […]
Addressing the Unique Needs of the Arab American Population
According to recent estimates, there are 1.2 million to 3.5 million Arab Americans living in the United States with the highest concentration living in Michigan.1 Although there is a large Arab American population in the U.S., little data exists about the prevalence and outcomes of mental health, cancer, HIV/AIDS, diabetes, and other conditions within this […]
YOUR Center’s 8th Annual Women & Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Conference
In honor of National Women and Girls’ HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, YOUR Center in Flint is hosting its 8th Annual Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Conference, “Healing, Restoring, Challenging, and Taking Back the Power” on Thursday, March 7, 2013. Every 91 minutes someone in the U.S. is infected with HIV Young people ages 13 to 24 […]
PHSAD’s 26th Annual Minority Health Conference: Innovative Approaches to HIV/AIDS Prevention Among Youth
We invite you to attend the 26th Annual Public Health Students of African Decent (PHSAD) Minority Health Conference, “Innovative Approaches to HIV/AIDS Prevention Among Youth.” Come join in discussing the importance and effectiveness of youth-focused HIV/AIDS interventions and exploring best practices, program evaluation, and development from the youth perspective. Friday, February 22, 2013 8:00 […]
Dr. Daniel Kruger Receives Award from REACH U.S.
Congratulations to Dr. Daniel Kruger who received an award from the Genesee County REACH Center of Excellence in the Elimination of Health Disparities (CEED). The award, presented on December 20th, 2012, recognizes the PRC/MI’s dedication to the REACH U.S. project which aims to reduce racial and ethnic disparities in infant mortality in Genesee County. In […]
December 2012 Connecticut School Shooting Position Statement
Nine school violence prevention researchers and practitioners nationwide have developed a position statement on the Dec. 14, 2012 Connecticut school shootings that is being disseminated across the U.S. today. The statement is in response to the tragic acts of violence at Sandy Hook Elementary School and updates the School Shootings Position Statement that was disseminated […]
The Power of After-School
By Pete Hutchison Today’s educators are being confronted with a rising amount of pressure to achieve, and this achievement is being measured through standardized testing. The admirable goal of this testing is to, in part, identify and develop interventions to address the large learning gaps that exist among today’s students. Unfortunately, as more and more […]
My Internship: A Summer of New Skills
By Lauren Weston Over the summer I worked with the Dr. Alison Miller on her research project in partnership with Motherly Intercession. I primarily worked on the Parenting While Incarcerated (PWI) program which was adapted from an existing evidence-based program and provided parenting support to incarcerated mothers through group sessions held at the jail. When […]
My Internship: Learning That I Live in a Bubble
By Hadiyah Muhammad At the start of my internship I worked with the Michigan Youth Violence Prevention Center (MI-YVPC) staff and community partners to organize the Safe & Healthy Futures Youth Festival, intended to raise community awareness about the 6 MI-YVPC programs available to youth and their families in Flint. The festival featured three incredible […]
New Publication: The Relationship Between Young Adults’ Online Social Networks and Alcohol Use
We’ve known for many years that young adults’ alcohol and drug use is influenced by their peers. It turns out this holds true in an online environment as well. The latest publication from the Virtual Networks Study, found in the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, reveals that the images and updates on one’s […]
My Internship: What Your Biostatistics Professor Never Taught You
By Emily Greenberg Statistics and regression are two words that always seem to strike an ominous chord when uttered in the context of research. I’ve watched as seasoned researchers have lost their cool over a difficult analysis, but never fully understood what could be quite so challenging about the process until this summer. After taking […]
Collecting Data from Young Adults Using Web-Based, Respondent-Driven Sampling (webRDS)
The popularity of the internet and social media, particularly among young adults, has created new opportunities for collecting public health data. A new PRC/MI article just published in the September issue of the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, describes a novel approach to collect data from young adults aged 18-24 years regarding alcohol […]