Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences
Our mission is to understand and intervene on the social determinants of health and health equity across the life-course.
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News
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‘Digital safety kit’ offers guidance for public health workers dealing with online harassment
Harvard Chan School’s Center for Health Communication has produced a “digital safety kit” to help public health workers and researchers navigate online harassment.
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In memory of Annette Habegger Martin Özaltin
It is with great sadness that we write to inform the SBS community of the tragic passing of our friend and classmate, Annette Habegger Martin Özaltin, SBS SM ‘07 (April…
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Use of weight-loss products high among adolescents
Around the world, nearly one in 10 adolescents have used nonprescribed, medically unapproved weight-loss products, according to a new study co-authored by Harvard Chan School’s Bryn Austin.
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Understanding the mental health consequences of chronic climate change
Research is needed to understand the mechanisms through which slower-moving aspects of climate change such as temperature variability, ecosystem shifts, and changes in precipitation affect mental health.
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Public health history course holds lessons for today
A new course at Harvard Chan School focuses on the history of public health, highlighting longstanding issues such as vaccine hesitancy, how life expectancy has been measured and used, tensions in the relationship between the fields of public health and medicine, and evolving approaches to determining the causes of disease.
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Influencers, researchers work together to enhance mental health content
Social media influencers have been working with experts at Harvard Chan School to share science-based information aimed at improving mental health.
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Social media platforms generate billions in annual ad revenue from U.S. youth
Social media platforms Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok, X (formerly Twitter), and YouTube collectively derived nearly $11 billion in advertising revenue from U.S.-based users younger than 18 in 2022, according to a new Harvard Chan School study.
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Reckoning with racist history at New England Journal of Medicine
The New England Journal of Medicine has begun to take a hard look at its history of racism and complicity in slavery.
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Stalled progress toward eliminating child marriage in India
Child marriage has declined in India—but across the country, one in five girls and nearly one in six boys are still married as children, and in recent years the practice has become more prevalent in some states/union territories, according to a new study led by Harvard Chan School.
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Pediatric mental health care treatment needs more often unmet for minorities
Children from racial and ethnic minorities with mental health conditions are less likely to have their treatment needs met than their white counterparts, according to a new Harvard Chan School study.
