Federal Communication About the COVID-19 Vaccine: Missed Opportunities to Counter Health Skepticism
By Margaret Tait
Author: commhsp
Changing public health narratives is possible with the right infrastructure: A conversation with social scientist Sarah Gollust
This blog post was originally published on the BMSG website.
The One-Sided Narrative on Immigration and Its Consequences
By Natália de Paula Moreira, Muna Hassan, Yujin Kim, Meiqing Zhang, Breeze Floyd, Erika Franklin Fowler
An Update on Attention to Racism and Counter-Messaging in 2025
The Collaborative on Media and Messaging (COMM) for Health and Social Policy has previously identified evidence for robust and growing counter-messaging and news attention to policies and initiatives designed to combat structural racism and health equity.
April 2025 Public Opinion on Medicaid
These tables provide results from a survey we conducted April 7 – 27 using the probability-based SSRS Opinion Panel. We surveyed more than 1500 U.S. residents (roughly half who identified as Black and half who identified as White) and weighted the results to reflect national population distributions. Our findings have a margin of error of +/-...
Those most willing to address health disparities tend to be overlooked
By Tom Fleischman, Cornell Chronicle
During the pandemic, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported that people from historically marginalized racial and ethnic groups were more likely than non-Hispanic white people to be infected, be hospitalized and die from SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.
Strengthening Local Journalism’s Role in Public Health: Key Takeaways from Our March 5 Panel
On a cold, snowy evening in Minneapolis, a dedicated crowd gathered at The Market at Malcolm Yards for a vital conversation: How can local journalism better serve public health? Despite the winter weather, the warmth of engaged discussion filled the room as journalists, public health professionals, and community members came together to explore...
How to craft effective policy messages to advance equity
By Laura Reiley, Cornell Chronicle
In our politically charged climate, advocates have often raised concerns that messages describing racial disparities in social outcomes can reduce or polarize support for public policies to address inequality.
2024 Campaign Advertising Highlights: What Was and Wasn’t Featured in Issue Discussion on Television
And its implications for future policy to promote population health
2024 was another record-breaking year of campaign spending, with campaigns reaching citizens through their television screens, mobile devices, online, in their mailboxes and via social media platforms in an effort to convey their policy achievements and future priorities and...
APHA Conference 2024 Recap: Strengthening Health Equity Through Collaboration and Storytelling
What a fantastic time we had at the APHA Conference in Minneapolis! Our week was filled with opportunities to connect, collaborate, and learn as we joined public health professionals from across the nation to explore pressing public health topics. Our team was excited to bring insights from our latest research, and it was even more inspiring to...