April, 2021 - JPHMP Direct

Monthly Archives: April 2021

We Can Strengthen Communities by Committing to Equity

Posted on April 29, 2021 by Jamila M. Porter, DrPH, MPH

This entry is part 15 of 17 in the series Big Cities Health Coalition

by Jamila M. Porter, DrPH, MPH This post originally appeared on the Front Lines Blog and is republished here with permission from the Big Cities Health Coalition. From the very beginning, the COVID-19 pandemic illuminated and exacerbated a host of devastating inequalities that have long existed in our society. Renewed national movements for social justice and civil rights have made clear that the pandemic is a unique inflection point. We can stay on our current course and endure ever-growing injustice, or

Video Summary: Outcomes of an Intervention to Increase Physicians Underrepresented in Medicine in Occupational Medicine Training

Posted on April 29, 2021 by jphmpdirect

Diversity in the US physician workforce is important. Physicians Underrepresented in Medicine (UIM) are more likely to serve poor, uninsured, and vulnerable populations. In a new article in the Journal of Public Health Management and Practice, Dr. Judith Green-McKenzie and colleagues describe outcomes of an intervention aimed at increasing the number of UIM physicians in Occupational Medicine. Read Our Special

NACCHO Book Club: Moloka’i & Daughter of Moloka’i

Posted on April 26, 2021 by Emily Yox, MPH

by Emily Yox, MPH Each month, NACCHO brings you a new public health book, read and reviewed by NACCHO staff. Book reviews in this series originally appeared on NACCHO Voice: The Word on Local health Departments and are republished here with permission. There are a couple of firsts in this recommendation–I am recommending two books instead of just one, and these fall closer to

Podcast: Updating Health Literacy for Healthy People 2030

Posted on April 21, 2021 by jphmpdirect

In this episode of JPHMP Direct Talk, authors Dushanka Kleinman and Cindy Brach discuss their article, “Updating Health Literacy for Healthy People 2030,” published ahead of print in the Journal of Public Health Management and Practice. Healthy People 2030 (HP2030), the fifth iteration of the Healthy People initiative, provides science-based national health objectives with targets to improve the health and well-being of Americans. For the first time

Podcasts

Cross-sector Innovation Initiative: Learnings After a Year of Aligning Across Sectors

Posted on April 15, 2021 by Travis Parker Lee

The Center for Sharing Public Health Services (CSPHS) and the Public Health National Center for Innovations (PHNCI) are co-leading the Cross-sector Innovation Initiative (CSII), a three-year endeavor to identify and support public health, healthcare, social services, and community organizations striving to build stronger, sustainable connections and systems that can more effectively address the needs of communities and ultimately improve health

Infographic: Preventive Medicine Physician Workforce Supply & Distribution

Posted on April 14, 2021 by jphmpdirect

A new report published in a special supplemental issue of the Journal of Public Health Management and Practice focusing on HRSA’s Investment in Public Health describes trends in both the number of board-certified preventive medicine physicians and those physicians who self-designate preventive medicine as a primary or secondary specialty and examines the age, gender distribution, and geographic distribution of this

10 Ways HRSA-Supported Preventive Medicine Residencies Responded to COVID-19

Posted on April 13, 2021 by jphmpdirect

A new report published in a special supplemental issue of the Journal of Public Health Management and Practice focusing on the Health Resources and Services Administration’s (HRSA’s) Investment in Public Health looks at the programs and activities involving HRSA-supported preventive medicine residencies in response to the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. Dr. Lisa A. Miller and the HRSA-Funded Preventive Medicine Residency Program Director’s

Podcast: Addressing Health Equity and SDOH Through Healthy People 2030

Posted on April 13, 2021 by jphmpdirect

In this episode of JPHMP Direct Talk, authors Cynthia A. Gómez and Carter Blakey discuss their article, “Addressing Health Equity and Social Determinants of Health Through Healthy People 2030,” published ahead of print in the Journal of Public Health Management and Practice. The evolution of Healthy People reflects growing awareness of health inequities over the life course. Each decade, the initiative has gained

Investing in Evidence to Inform How to Rebuild the US Public Health System in the Wake of the COVID-19 Pandemic

Posted on April 7, 2021 by jphmpdirect

JPHMP Editorial Board Member Erika Martin (Associate Professor and PhD Director at Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy, University at Albany-SUNY) and Betty Bekemeier (Associate Professor at the University of Washington (UW) School of Nursing and Director of the UW School of Public Health’s Northwest Center for Public Health Practice) reflect on the gaps in information about the public health delivery system

Declaring Racism as a Public Health Crisis, Part 2 with Dr. Jeanette Kowalik

Posted on April 5, 2021 by jphmpdirect

by Jeanette Kowalik, PhD, MPH, MCHES This is the second installment of the APHA HA Section–Public Health Management to Practice series. Here, we continue our discussion of the significance of introducing racism as a public health crisis. Due to the nature of this topic, it will be delivered in three parts to capture the background of this work, application, and

« Older Entries