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Roundup of papers and posters being presented at the APHA meeting in New Orleans.

Young people in poor neighborhoods who perceive their communities in a positive light report better health and well-being than those with worse perceptions of where they live, research led by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health suggests.

One reason the Ebola outbreak got out of control in West Africa early on was a lack of trust among community members, frontline health workers and the broader health system, suggests new Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health research.

The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health is launching the Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion, which will develop programs that encourage healthy behavioral change and train faculty and students in health promotion and advocacy.