Stories tagged with: Public Health

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Voinovich School research associate’s article on Jewish burial featured in Ohio Township News

April 30, 2021 3 min

Natalie Wilson, research associate at Ohio University’s Voinovich School of Leadership and Public Affairs, recently wrote an article for Ohio Township News about Jewish burial in Southeast Ohio.
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Voinovich School collaboration to support community response to opioid epidemic during pandemic featured in journal

April 20, 2021 3 min

Networks established to support four rural Appalachian Ohio communities’ response to the opioid use epidemic became crucial elements of public health infrastructure during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Raffle’s work in community opioid response featured in Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment

April 14, 2021 2 min

Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, more than 40 states have reported an increase in opioid-related mortalities due to social distancing and stay-at-home orders.
Holly Raffle presenting to a room of professionals

Raffle reviews “Rx Appalachia: Stories of Treatment and Survival in Rural Kentucky”

April 2, 2021 2 min

Holly Raffle, professor at Ohio University’s Voinovich School of Leadership and Public Affairs, recently provided an invited review for the Journal of Appalachian Studies.
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Voinovich School examines economic impact of adverse childhood experiences for the Health Policy Institute of Ohio

April 2, 2021 3 min

Preventing even a small percentage of abuse, neglect, violence and other traumatic experiences could not only reduce human suffering, but also save the state of Ohio more than $1 billion annually.
Cory Cronin and Berkeley Franz

Website examines additional roles for-profit hospitals play in communities

January 12, 2021 3 min

Two OHIO researchers have launched a new website that explores national data and case studies examining the services for-profit hospitals bring to their communities outside of direct medical care.
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Multiple state coalitions, partners provide insight into impact of suicide across Ohio

July 6, 2020 7 min

Following the Suicide Prevention Plan for Ohio released by Gov. DeWine and state partners, a new collaboration has created an analytical deep dive of data into suicide deaths between 2009-2018.
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