Research

The public health benefits of Ohio’s stay-at-home order in early 2020 went beyond slowing the spread of disease — the order also led to a 55% decrease in car crashes in the state, found a study led by epidemiology PhD student Li Li.

Twelve research projects — two of which involve faculty in the College of Public Health — were awarded funding in the second round of Ohio State’s Seed Fund for Racial Justice.

Neighborhoods without opioid treatment providers likely serve as a widespread barrier to care for those who are ready to seek help, a new study has found. 

The study, led by researchers at The Ohio State University, appears today (May 12, 2021) in the journal PLOS ONE. 

Senior Research Scientist Marielle Brinkman was interviewed by Discovery Education, CVS Health Foundation and CATCH Global Foundation as part of the Be Vape Free education initiative, which aims to prevent the use of e-cigarettes among elementary, middle and high school-aged children.

Inspired by the university’s Seed Fund for Racial Justice, the College of Public Health recently awarded $100,000 to research projects addressing racism and resulting inequities.

A new study has found that about 35% of Americans with a cancer history had an elevated risk of cardiovascular disease in the next decade, compared with about 23% of those who didn’t have cancer. 

Though Ohio never formally enacted a so-called “heartbeat bill” banning abortions after six weeks of gestation, legislative and legal actions appear to have fueled beliefs that abortion is illegal in the state, a new study has found.

For decades, tobacco companies and researchers have used specialized smoking machines to test the physical and chemical properties of cigarette smoke — an important step in the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s regulatory process. The machines work by essentially “puffing” a cigarette and capturing the smoke onto a filter, which can be analyzed to determine levels of various toxins in the smoke.

When using social media to nudge people toward safe and healthy behaviors, it’s critical to make sure the words match the pictures, according to a new study. 

After looking at social media posts, parents of young children were better able to recall safety messages such as how to put a baby safely to sleep when the images in the posts aligned with the messages in the text, the researchers found. 

The study appears in the Journal of Health Communication.