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Released: 2-Aug-2022 10:25 AM EDT
Sliding Backwards in Obesity Care: Workers See Broad Reductions and Plateauing Coverage in State-Employee Health Plans
George Washington University

New research published in Obesity has found that multiple state employee healthcare plans have reduced obesity treatment services for workers in the past five years. Conducted by the STOP Obesity Alliance at the George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health, this paper provides a stark contrast to STOP’s previous research that demonstrated a promising upward trend between 2009-2017 in obesity care coverage by state insurance plans.

   
Released: 1-Aug-2022 4:05 PM EDT
Poll Respondents Lack Confidence in False Beliefs
George Washington University

Most polls claiming to show that Americans believe in falsehoods should not be treated as a representation of the firmly held beliefs of respondents, according to a new study published in the journal American Political Science Review.

Released: 21-Jul-2022 11:30 AM EDT
In Dobbs’ Aftermath, New Report Examines Maternity and Infant Care Capacity of Community Health Centers
George Washington University

A new report released today by Geiger Gibson Program in Community Health at the George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health examines the implications of Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organization for the nation’s community health centers.

Newswise: Three New Species of Black-Bellied Salamander Found in Southern Appalachian Mountains
Released: 19-Jul-2022 10:05 AM EDT
Three New Species of Black-Bellied Salamander Found in Southern Appalachian Mountains
George Washington University

Three new species of black-bellied salamander have been discovered by a research team led by R. Alexander Pyron, the Robert F. Griggs Associate Professor of Biology at the George Washington University. The new salamanders, which are found in the southern Appalachian Mountains of the eastern United States, stem from black-bellied populations that were long considered to be a single species.

Newswise: Data Governance Mapping Project Finds Most Countries Struggle to Govern Data
Released: 13-Jul-2022 9:55 AM EDT
Data Governance Mapping Project Finds Most Countries Struggle to Govern Data
George Washington University

A new report from the George Washington University’s Digital Trade and Data Governance Hub finds that some 68 countries and the European Union struggle to govern various types of data in a comprehensive, democratic and accountable manner. The researchers argue that this failure has huge implications for governance of technologies — such as artificial intelligence and augmented/virtual reality — which comprise the next phase of the internet.

Released: 7-Jul-2022 1:40 PM EDT
New Study Finds Transportation Expenses Drive Urban Cost of Living
George Washington University

Economists utilized an advanced version of an urban simulation model to study the determinants of housing cost in cities. They discovered that higher transportation costs have a greater impact on the cost of living than zoning restrictions.

Newswise: Electric Vehicle Buyers Want Rebates, Not Tax Credits
Released: 7-Jul-2022 8:05 AM EDT
Electric Vehicle Buyers Want Rebates, Not Tax Credits
George Washington University

Financial incentives play an important role in the widespread adoption of electric vehicles. New research from the George Washington University, however, finds that not all financial incentives are created equal in the eyes of prospective car buyers, and the current federal incentive — a tax credit — is, in fact, valued the least by car buyers.

Released: 9-Jun-2022 10:15 AM EDT
CHroniCles Website to Be Preserved at Geiger Gibson Program
George Washington University

The RCHN Community Health Foundation (RCHN CHF) and the Geiger Gibson Program in Community Health at the George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health today announced that with the sunset of RCHN CHF, the Foundation’s signature online resource highlighting the history of community health centers will have a new home at the Geiger Gibson Program.



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