PSTC News

Schrank on rebuilding labor power in the postindustrial U.S.

November 1, 2019

Explores the decline of union power, alternative representation options, and the increasingly unequal distribution of power.

Savitz Honored for Outstanding Service and Distinguished Leadership

October 28, 2019

Savitz’s service has helped the National Academy of Medicine serve the nation and the international community.

Operario leads program to train HIV scientists in the Philippines

October 24, 2019

New infrastructure for HIV research will help build a foundation for new interventions to fight the spread of HIV within some of the country’s most vulnerable populations.

Fathers and Extended Family Members Prove Critical in Helping Young Adults Meet Health Needs in Rural Ethiopia

October 22, 2019

“Recognizing the important role that fathers, mothers and other adults play in the health-seeking behavior of boys and girls, and especially in rural areas, is crucial to getting adolescents into formal health system for information and treatment.”

Two-child Policy may further exacerbate existing gender inequality in China’s labor market

October 18, 2019

"Simply ending the one-child policy, without additional institutional measures that address the issue of work-life incompatibility for women, may not successfully boost fertility level."

Advocating for multiple-cohort, longitudinal experiment research designs

October 17, 2019

Balancing Rigor, Replication, and Relevance.

Youth-centered programming proves critical to expanding male sexual and reproductive health in urban Mexico

October 10, 2019

NGOs, government agencies, and scholars have been trying to increase awareness and involvement of young men in SRH matters for at least three decades, with mixed results at best.

A close look at family experiences with postpartum depression in the home

October 7, 2019

The postpartum period is a major life transition that most women go through, often multiple times.

Economic incentives to improve HIV prevention and treatment

October 3, 2019

Omar Galárraga explores innovative approach to improve prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of HIV in low-income and middle-income countries.

Q&A on award-winning book, Infectious Change: Reinventing Chinese Public Health after an Epidemic

September 26, 2019

Katherine Mason discusses how the 2003 outbreak of the SARS virus drastically changed China's public health system.

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