Recent work by the UIC Midwest Roybal Center for Health Promotion and Translation Even though the incidence of breast cancer is lower in African Americans, in Chicago the mortality rate is twice that of Caucasian women, making it one of the highest in the nation (Ansell, Grabler, Whitman, Ferrans, et al. in review). Dr. Ferran’s …
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Winter 2011 Update: UIC Midwest Roybal Center for Health Promotion and Translation
Dr. Hughes and Thomas Prohaska, PhD (senior leader) and David Marquez, PhD (pilot P.I.) recently participated in the first joint CDC Healthy Aging research Network (HAN)/Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) conference held in Mexico City in October. Topics discussed included the development of a joint curriculum in public health and aging for the Americas, the …
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Winter 2011 Update: National Bureau of Economic Research – Center for Behavior Change in Health and Saving
New research partially funded by the Center for Behavior Change in Health and Saving found that a simple behavioral nudge significantly increased the fraction of employees that receive a flu shot. The recent paper, “Using Implementation Intentions Prompts to Enhance Influenza Vaccination Rates,” was published by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). …
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