Advocates for Evidence-Based Health Policy Speakers
Author: Bich-May Nguyen, MD, MPH
Dr. Bich-May Nguyen, MD, MPH, FAAFP is a teaching physician in Sugar Land, Texas. She received her medical degree from Baylor College of Medicine and an MPH from Harvard School of Public Health. She completed her residency training in Family Medicine at Boston University.
Doctors punished for protecting children
A 9-year-old girl in Arizona accidentally fatally shot her shooting range instructor last month after he set her Uzi to automatic and allowed her to hold the weapon on her own. The incident garnered national attention and became part of Continue Reading …
Criminals keep access to guns
California is one of 23 states that restricts firearm access for people who have been convicted of felonies and violent or gun-related misdemeanors, including those convicted of domestic violence. What does this restricted access mean? Domestic violence restraining order respondents Continue Reading …
Debunking “FloozyCare”
As the implementation of the Affordable Care Act continues, controversy remains around requiring contraception coverage as part of minimum preventive benefits. This study examined whether providing free reversible contraception was associated with a change in sexual behavior. Using data from Continue Reading …
The Smoking Gun
The authors of this study sought to create the most comprehensive evaluation to date analyzing gun ownership data over the past thirty years. They did so while controlling for eighteen potential confounding factors including violent crime rate, number of hunting Continue Reading …
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