Public Health
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The field of public health focuses on improving overall health and safety and affects populations at all levels, from families to communities, individual countries to the whole world. It includes epidemiology, health services and policies, biostatistics, and social and behavioral sciences, and environmental health.
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Can A Drone Monitor Park-based Physical Activity?
An urban park is a free or low-cost setting of physical activity with convenient access. While various monitoring...
Sexual health literacy among female youths in Nigeria
Sub-saharan Africa accounts for >70% of the global HIV/AIDS burden (AVERT, 2016). In Nigeria, 1 in 4...
Postpartum Mental Health Needs of Hispanic Mothers
Postpartum mood disorders represent a critical public health issue affecting mothers and their children...
Antibiotics and Affect: Avenues for Addiction Management
Addictions to cocaine and other stimulant 'designer' drugs remain unaided by pharmacotherapies. Several...
The Health Justice Project: Using digital stories to address health disparities as a social justice issue
The purpose of this project is to examine the link between racial and social injustice based on one's minority...
How Can Tattoo Artists Help Prevent Human Trafficking?
Women who are sex trafficked often have tattoos such as bar codes, a dollar sign or the name of their trafficker...
More About This Challenge
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Challenge Aims
Researchers in public health fields study the spread and control of diseases, how to improve access to health care, best practices to mitigate environmental hazards, and other issues that affect groups of people both large and small. In tackling a range of scientific and social questions, they help inform policies and encourage healthier lifestyles and environments. This grant challenge highlights the preventative measures, education, and interdisciplinary collaboration used to inform public health policy.
The challenge is an invitation to any researchers, scientists, doctors, community organizers, or policymakers working on public health issues or studying current worldwide or local health issues.
A few topics of interest:
- Biostatistics studies
- Health education and access to medical care in low-income communities
- Monitoring of environmental hazards
- Epidemiology and infectious disease transmission
- Vaccination studies
- Obesity and diabetes
- Drinking water and sanitation in developing countries
- Drug and alcohol abuse
- Maternal health
- Smoking and tobacco usage
Project Eligilibity
This grant is for projects that launch campaigns by Nov 30, 2016. The project that ends with the most backers will receive an additional $500 grant. Eligible projects must be approved before the launch deadline.
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