Designing Innovative Public Health Solutions (PH290-2) is a new graduate course being taught at the University of California, Berkeley School of Public Health. The course began on 26-Jan-2011. This site aggregates community contributions from those participating in the course and will do so throughout the semester.
Gin & drinking water packets from Ghana. Part of our “fresh eyes” ideation in Session #2 this past week. Photo from nocomplimentarypeanuts.com POSTED BY: Jaspal

Gin & drinking water packets from Ghana. Part of our “fresh eyes” ideation in Session #2 this past week.

Photo from nocomplimentarypeanuts.com

POSTED BY: Jaspal

Innovative approach to healthcare is having positive outcomes on communities hardest hit by the HIV/AIDS epidemic.

POSTED BY: Sona

Can something simple, that is fun, help change people’s behavior?

The Fun Theory!

POSTED BY: Sona

Finding HotSpots

Atul Gawande writes about efforts to reduce overall health costs by providing better, coordinated care to the most expensive “super utilizers” (the ones with frequent/extended emergency room stays, high-maintenance conditions, etc.).

POSTED BY: Sona

Dusk-to-Dawn Therapy for Dementia’s Restless Minds

“The Hebrew Home at Riverdale offers a program that operates when Alzheimer’s and dementia patients are at their most active — the middle of the night.”

An old NY Times piece, but relevant to our reading on aging and dementia. Check out article or related video. 

POSTED BY: Evie

Kojo Nnamdi talked about the Wal-Mart Diet on the radio yesterday in DC. The discussion included how the Cameron government killed traffic light food packaging in the UK. Such accessible front label nutrition packaging seems to put the nutrition community at odds with the private sector. Could Wal-Mart be part of the solution? Thanks Mahad for the Nnamdi reference. Photo above by ijclark on Flickr.  POSTED BY: Jaspal

Kojo Nnamdi talked about the Wal-Mart Diet on the radio yesterday in DC. The discussion included how the Cameron government killed traffic light food packaging in the UK. Such accessible front label nutrition packaging seems to put the nutrition community at odds with the private sector. Could Wal-Mart be part of the solution?

Thanks Mahad for the Nnamdi reference.

Photo above by ijclark on Flickr. 

POSTED BY: Jaspal

At SFO, I stood next to a woman reading a book called Methland. She described it as a non-fiction account of a town in Iowa being ravaged by meth. I asked if I could read the back cover and on doing so thought it could be useful for anyone in the class interested in issues related to substance abuse or rural health. Photo above by Katie@! on Flickr. POSTED BY: Jaspal

At SFO, I stood next to a woman reading a book called Methland. She described it as a non-fiction account of a town in Iowa being ravaged by meth. I asked if I could read the back cover and on doing so thought it could be useful for anyone in the class interested in issues related to substance abuse or rural health.

Photo above by Katie@! on Flickr.

POSTED BY: Jaspal

Ghanaian Road Traffic Safety Music Video

“Oko Aba” Road Safety Campaign (Artist: Obour, Label: Familytree Entertainment). Sponsored by National Road Safety Commission of Ghana. Just watched this on late night Ghanaian TV. Its contained in this compilation from Obour’s Facebook (click on the post title to view).

Why? In 2007, the commission estimated that road traffic accidents cost Ghana 1.6% of its GDP. Can this type of an intervention have a meaningful impact?

POSTED BY: Jaspal

Questions cards from session #1 yesterday. Ultra Rice case study. POSTED BY: Jaspal

Questions cards from session #1 yesterday. Ultra Rice case study.

POSTED BY: Jaspal

Since its founding in 2006, UC Berkeley’s annual Big Ideas Competition has inspired innovative and high-impact student projects aimed at solving the world’s most pressing problem. By seeking out and supporting smart and promising new ideas, Big Ideas has produced remarkable results.  This year’s competition promises up to $300,000 in awards in 16 different contests.  Categories include: Global Poverty Alleviation, Social Entrepreneurship, Improving Student Life, Social Justice and Community Engagement, Information Technology for Society, Energy Efficient Technologies, New Media, Safe Water, Security and Trust, BioEnergy, Campus Biodiesel, Emerging and Neglected Diseases, Science Technology and Engineering Policy, Green Chemistry, and Synthetic Biology  To learn more visit the Big Ideas website http://bigideas.berkeley.edu/contest/  Submissions are due by March 7, 2011. POSTED BY: Jaspal

Since its founding in 2006, UC Berkeley’s annual Big Ideas Competition has inspired innovative and high-impact student projects aimed at solving the world’s most pressing problem. By seeking out and supporting smart and promising new ideas, Big Ideas has produced remarkable results.

 This year’s competition promises up to $300,000 in awards in 16 different contests.

 Categories include: Global Poverty Alleviation, Social Entrepreneurship, Improving Student Life, Social Justice and Community Engagement, Information Technology for Society, Energy Efficient Technologies, New Media, Safe Water, Security and Trust, BioEnergy, Campus Biodiesel, Emerging and Neglected Diseases, Science Technology and Engineering Policy, Green Chemistry, and Synthetic Biology

 To learn more visit the Big Ideas website http://bigideas.berkeley.edu/contest/

 Submissions are due by March 7, 2011.

POSTED BY: Jaspal

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