The Department of Health Policy and Management is dedicated to preparing its students to be leaders in the public health field. Areas of study include policy analysis, public heath law and ethics, health economics, health care finance, public health and health care system management with the aim of improving health care quality and access.

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Postpartum women filled more benzodiazepine prescriptions during pandemic
Postpartum women filled more benzodiazepine prescriptions during pandemic

New research from the University of Georgia suggests the COVID-19 pandemic may have had an unexpected side effect for postpartum women: more benzodiazepine prescriptions. The new study found that the pandemic didn’t lead

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CPH honors outstanding faculty, staff, students & alumni in April
CPH honors outstanding faculty, staff, students & alumni in April

With the end of the 2023-2024 academic year on the horizon, the UGA College of Public Health is pleased to recognize the faculty, staff, students, alumni, and community members who

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Study underlines role of past injustices in medical mistrust
Study underlines role of past injustices in medical mistrust

Memory of Tuskegee impacted vaccine uptake among Black Americans in the South Black Americans living in Tuskegee, Alabama, closer to the location of the infamous Tuskegee Syphilis Study were much

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