How to Address the Coronavirus's Outsized Toll on People of Color
Enrique Neblett featured in Nature
US scientists say that better data, testing and hospital preparedness are key to erasing inequalities — and to defeating the pandemic overall.
Health Behavior and Health Equity
Surviving the Coronavirus While Black: Pandemic's Heavy Toll on African American Mental Health
Q&A with Riana Anderson
Riana Anderson, assistant professor of Health Behavior and Health Education discusses how COVID-19 and recent racially charged events are affecting the mental health of African Americans during this time.
Virtual Senior Center Helps Older Adults in Detroit Connect While Social Distancing
Low-income older adults and those with serious health problems are particularly vulnerable to negative health and social impacts caused by social distancing during the coronavirus pandemic. Researchers from the University of Michigan and partner, Methodist Children’s Home Society, are piloting a virtual senior center that offers enrichment and educational programs via phone to help combat the isolation.
Contact Tracing: Use Volunteers or Paid Public Health Corps?
Q&A with Angela Beck
The House of Representative plans to introduce a bipartisan bill that would create a National Public Health Corps similar to AmeriCorps that would hire hundreds of workers to help conduct contact tracing as the US moves to reopen its economy. Angela Beck discusses the idea of such a workforce.
IN THE NEWS: Michigan's Mask Mandate Highlights Political Fault Lines in Coronavirus Crisis
Brian Zikmund-Fisher featured in MLive
Brian Zikmund-Fisher, associate professor of Health Behavior and Health Education, delves into why wearing a mask to prevent the spread of COVID-19 is an important topic that is currently being discussed by the public, public health experts, and policymakers.
Program Aims to Help the Muslim Community Quit Smoking During Ramadan
Ken Resnicow
The Yallah Quit program uses culturally specific, text message-based guidance to help Muslims kick the habit of cigarettes and hookah smoking.