School of Public Health
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December 9, 2019 • Uncategorized
By Sally Crocker 43 years ago, a young girl left Alabama for Fort Worth, anxious to meet up with her Texas cousins to find a meaningful career and a new place to call home. Ywanda Carter’s mother believed that an education was good to have, as long as a girl backed it up with useful…
December 2, 2019 • Uncategorized
By Sally Crocker It’s early morning when a fleet of vans rolls out from Tarrant County Public Health (TCPH), ready to immunize children and keep them safe from the dangerous, sometimes deadly effects of infectious diseases like measles, polio, chickenpox and others. Across town, the UNT Health Science Center Pediatric Mobile Clinic hits the streets on a…
November 15, 2019 • Uncategorized
By Sally Crocker The 2019-20 academic year marks the 20th anniversary of the UNTHSC School of Public Health, with various celebrations going on throughout the fall and spring semesters. Recently, the SPH hosted a Founders Luncheon for faculty, students and staff to hear from some of the early community leaders, faculty members and employees who…
November 1, 2019 • Uncategorized
By Sally Crocker Parents can be one of the best deterrents to underage drinking by having knowledge of and talking to their kids about alcohol content presented on social networking sites, say two UNT Health Science Center public health researchers who are leading a new National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) study…
October 28, 2019 • Uncategorized
By Sally Crocker Across the U.S. and at home in North Texas, the rates of domestic violence and abuse are as steady as the beat of a heart, the tick of a clock. Every minute across the country, approximately 20 people are physically abused by an intimate partner. Nearly three out of four Americans, in…
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