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At the Department of Community Health Sciences (CHS), we apply social and behavioral sciences to enhance the health and well-being of communities and promote health equity.

Affiliated Degrees:
MPH PhD DrPH

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Latest Publications

  • Published On 1/8/2026Losing sleep? The effects of exposure to shootings near one''s residence on self-reported sleep quantity in Chicago, 2020-2021.American journal of epidemiologyread at PubMed
  • Published On 1/1/2026Correction: Barriers to and Facilitators of Heterosexual Men''s Engagement with the PrEP Care Continuum in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Scoping Review.AIDS and behaviorread at PubMed
  • Published On 1/1/2026Prepandemic National Estimates of Toddler and Child Diet Quality by WIC Participation Status.JAMA pediatricsread at PubMed
  • Published On 12/30/2025Systematic review of eye-tracking experiments evaluating tobacco health warning labels.Tobacco controlread at PubMed
  • Published On 12/22/2025Cost-effectiveness of primary care-based risk assessment and hereditary cancer genetic testing.BMC primary careread at PubMed

Recent media coverage

AP

U.S. Maternal Deaths Fell in 2024 and May Have Dropped Again Last Year, Government Data Shows

Quotes Eugene Declercq, professor of community health sciences.

KCCI Des Moines

U.S. Maternal Deaths Fell in 2024 and May Have Dropped Again Last Year, Government Data Shows

Quotes Eugene Declercq, professor of community health sciences.

LA Times

Stigma Only Makes Drug Use More Dangerous

Article written by Stephen Murray (SPH'22), adjunct clinical associate professor of community health sciences. 

Newsweek

Map Shows Best and Worst States for Preterm Birth Rates

Quotes Eugene Declercq, professor of community health sciences. 

Medical Xpress

Child Gun Injury Risk Spikes When Children Leave School for the Day, Study Finds

Quotes Jonathan Jay, associate professor of community health sciences. 
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