Johns Hopkins Public Health Magazine
The MAGAZINE of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Fall 2011 | www.jhsph.edu
Bad Odds for Youth Gamblers
Problem gambling has consequences that are virtually the same as drug addiction. And it’s much more common among adolescents than adults.
Bacteria vs. Malaria
People have tried nets, insecticides, drugs and other means to stop malaria. Enter the parasite’s newest foe: bacteria.
Sweet Persistence
What numbers 60,000, buzzes incessantly and lives within a fence on campus? That would be the new hive of the Sommer Scholars Apiary Club.
Helping Girls Stay HIV-Free
Too often African girls are pressured to engage in transactional sex. A new program involved entire communities in finding solutions.
The Power of A… in Context
Vitamin A supplementation saved mothers’ lives in Nepal, but didn’t make a difference in Bangladesh. Why?
Linking Pleasure and Health
A rare study brings data to the common assertion that sexual health is more than the absence of disease and violence.
Kids and ATVs: A Dangerous Combination
All-terrain vehicles may be fun for the young, but present serious risks: 4,000 kids were hospitalized in a recent 9-year period.
How Nagging Feeds a Health Crisis
Is SpongeBob a minion of the high-sugar, high-fat industrial complex?
Podcasting from the Frontlines
Associate dean Tom Burke gives listeners the inside scoop on what they can do with a public health degree.
A Perfect Policy Marriage
The Johns Hopkins Institute for Policy Studies joins the Bloomberg School.
Value of Vaccines
Besides saving lives, vaccines can save countries money as well.
News to Live By
More antidepressants prescribed by non-psychiatrists; a novel way to clear bacteria from the lungs; online searches after tobacco-tax hikes.
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