Author: University of Mississippi
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Expanding Access Through Self-Testing: A Strategy to Reduce Congenital Syphilis in Mississippi
Health Policy Memo | Liang-Yuan (Claire) Lin | September 30th, 2025 To download the print-friendly document, click here. Winner of the University of Mississippi’s 2025 Terence E. Downer Scholarship This scholarship honors Terence E. Downer, who worked for 31 years at Johnson and Johnson and died after a short battle…
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Proposal for implementing a mental health first responder training program to reduce youth incarceration in Mississippi
Written by Omkar Ghodke, University of Mississippi Winner of the Terence Downer Scholarship Executive Summary Mississippi is facing a serious youth mental health crisis that contributes to rising juvenile incarceration rates and suicides. Youth in rural areas, in particular, struggle to access timely mental health services. To address this, we…
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Establishment of presumptive eligibility for pregnant women (PEPW) in Mississippi
Written by Prachi Prajapati, University of Mississippi Winner of the Terence Downer Scholarship Executive summary The recent expansion of postpartum care coverage in Mississippi is the first step towards improvement of maternal and infant health outcomes. The focus should now move to provision of appropriate and necessary prenatal care for…