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The Food Warning Label Dilemma: How Front-of-Package Labels Fall Short in Tackling Obesity and Other Diseases

April 26, 2024 bppj 0

In recent years, front-of-package labeling warnings and traffic-light food rating systems have gained momentum as a tool for combating obesity and promoting healthier diets. Many […]

Policy Brief: Effects of Childhood Parental Loss on Mental Health Outcomes  

May 4, 2022 bppj 0

By Julie Grassian Problem Statement:  1 in 20 children in the United States experience the loss of one parent or guardian before the age of […]

California Must Do More to Provide Mental Health Services Statewide

May 27, 2020 bppj 0

by Anna Garfink The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed many inequities of our dismal healthcare system. However, one specific inequity has not received the attention it […]

Comparative Health Systems: Lessons Learned from France

April 24, 2020 bppj 0

by Anna Devon-Sand Key Principles that Define a Successful Health System This analysis will compare the French and American health systems utilizing the following metrics: […]

Person in surgical mask.

Will Easing Social Distancing Save the Poor?

April 22, 2020 bppj 0

Developing countries will gain more from broadening the base for social safety net programs than opening up the economy ‘for business’.

COVID-19 Brings New Urgency to Building Health Equity: Soda Taxes are One Solution

April 21, 2020 bppj 0

by Irene Farnsworth and Fiona McBride Sugar consumption, particularly through drinks like soda, is putting peoples’ lives at risk as obesity and Type II Diabetes […]

Spring 2020 Journal: United States Maternity Leave Policy Proposal to Improve Breastfeeding

April 9, 2020 bppj 0

This article is the second article featured in our Spring 2020 journal. For the complete journal, please see the “Journal Archive” tab above. by Marie […]

It’s Not Enough to Build More Housing. We Also Need to Build More Bathrooms.

April 2, 2020 bppj 0

by Divya Shiv Some say a good man is hard to find. I would make one minor adjustment: a good bathroom is hard to find. […]

If You Care About Coronavirus, You Should Care About Paid Sick Leave

March 13, 2020 bppj 0

By Leah Catotti Most of us are at least a little worried about Coronavirus (COVID-19) – and our fears have become increasingly valid as predictions […]

Opinion: Expanding Abortion Access on Campus with SB 24

October 22, 2019 bppj 0

by Nick Draper, Annie McDonald, and Larkin Turman Health Policy Group at the Goldman School of Public Policy Across the nation, the right to autonomy […]

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