# Public health programs can 'rewire' social networks, study finds

- Source: Phys.org
- Published: 2026-10-22T21:00:12+00:00
- Category: Science
- Original: https://phys.org/news/2026-10-health-rewire-social-networks.html
- Canonical: https://groundlevelnews.com/story/public-health-programs-can-rewire-social-networks-study-finds-930f1f/

An educational program intended to improve maternal and child health fundamentally altered the social fabric of the rural Honduran villages where it was implemented, a new Yale-led study finds. The findings, researchers say, have implications for interventions anywhere that seek to improve people's well-being by disseminating information or changing behaviors through social contagion.

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