Rita Hamad
@DrRitaHamad
Social epidemiologist @HarvardChanSPH • Social policy + health equity • Director https://t.co/VEdosgjCDu • Mama, immigrant
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Our latest paper AJPM Focus finds that even people enrolled in a given safety net program like SNAP have low take-up of other programs. This suggests need for streamlined enrollment across programs with proven health benefits. ajpmfocus.org/article/S2773-… Don Moynihan USDA Nutrition
How do we break the cycle of poverty in America? Last week, Poverty Research IRP hosted a webinar where speakers from UCIEducation, and NU Sociology, along with Michael R. Strain & Rita Hamad
discussed our recent report on disrupting intergenerational poverty: ow.ly/YkhM50R00vq
Did you miss @ia4phs talk by Sandro Galea Boston University School of Public Health on academic productivity? It's available on the website to IAPHS members! Highly recommended for folks at all career levels. iaphs.org/tools-for-succ…
Video abstract now available for our AJPH paper 'Pent-Up Demand for #Breastfeeding Among US Women: Trends After COVID-19 Shelter-in-Place'
...with implications on how a national #paidleave policy might improve breastfeeding practices.
ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/10.2105/AJ…
Today is #CalBigGive @ucberkeley! Always happy to donate to my favorite alma mater JMP.
givingday.berkeley.edu
Rohan Radhakrishna Christine Hancock Lealah Pollock Coco Auerswald, MD, MS, FSAHM Dr. Rami Bailony Vincent Chong UC BerkeleySPH
Intergenerational #poverty places a heavy burden on children, families, and society. A new JAMA Pediatrics article explores programs and policies to mitigate this national issue. To read, visit: ow.ly/1NPF50QMKOw Rita Hamad Fenaba R. Addo Kimberly Montez, MD, MPH, FAAP
📣March 25: The Edwin S.H. Leong Centre for Healthy Children is partnering with The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) #PrecisionChildHealth Precisely Speaking series!
✨Join us as we explore how #equity information helps us #PredictBetter and improve #populationhealth outcomes. Register today: tinyurl.com/5n73mywk
Wealth and #health are intricately connected. To address #racial health disparities, we must address the resource gap that contributes to them. Learn why this is vital in the two-part blog mini-series from Robert Wood Johnson Foundation featuring FXB Director Dr. Mary T. Bassett: tinyurl.com/ey6xmz9w
New paper @NBERpubs showing that state firearm purchase delay laws reduce suicide rates, especially among young adults. Commonsense gun laws have the potential for major impact on youth with #mentalhealth problems. Ellicott Matthay Stanford Law School Policies for Action Evidence for Action (E4A)
A wonderful tribute to Nancy Adler in @health_affairs Forefront by Claire Brindis & Laura Gottlieb: healthaffairs.org/content/forefr…
Nancy was a truly inspiring and kind person who was a mentor to thousands of junior academics, including me. ❤️
'Embracing and supporting newly arriving immigrants is not just a moral imperative for the state but a strategic investment in our collective future.'
⚡ Read more from Adriana Ramos-Yamamoto, Mauricio Torres, and California Immigrant Policy Center's Bruno Huizar.
calbudgetcenter.org/news/building-…
Important work on #Immigrants by Rita Hamad published #HAScholar Health Affairs
Immigrants to the US Contribute to Society. Here are Three Ways to Support Their Transition academic.oup.com/healthaffairss…
Relevant to work like this, Celiac Disease Foundation has new grant opportunity 'Improving Health Equity in Celiac Disease Through Disparities Research.' Critically needed for a disease that is grossly understudied in non-White and low-income groups.
celiac.org/researchawards…
Center for Celiac Research and Treatment
Colleagues Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) find that 1965 Voting Rights Act enfranchising Black voters contributed to reductions in Black infant deaths. Powerful reminder of political determinants of #healthequity .
ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/abs/10.210… AJPH