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Monthly Archives: May 2021

Public Health Perspectives: Advancing Racial Equity for Family Well-being

Posted on May 19, 2021 by Camelia Singletary, MPH

by Camelia Singletary, MPH In this episode of Public Health Perspectives, I’m speaking with Whitney Anderson, a graduate student at Saint Louis University currently finishing her Master of Public Health with a joint concentration in Maternal and Child Health and Epidemiology. As a part of her graduate experience, Whitney recently had the opportunity to complete a 9-month internship with Generate Health,

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Video Q&A — Preventive Medicine for Rural America: Why More Training Programs Must Be Here

Posted on May 18, 2021 by jphmpdirect

While there is a well-recognized national shortage of Preventive Medicine (PM) physicians, there is also a marked maldistribution. In a new article in the Journal of Public Health Management and Practice, Drs. Jennifer Lultschik and Christopher Martin describe one approach to address the disparity in PM specialists in practice within rural regions such as Appalachia by supporting a greater number of Graduate Medical Education

Racism Is a Public Health Crisis Policies and COVID-19

Posted on May 17, 2021 by jphmpdirect

by Jeanette Kowalik, PhD, MPH, MCHES This is the third 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

The Editor’s Podcast: An Urgent Call for Public Health Firefighters

Posted on May 12, 2021 by Lloyd Novick, MD, MPH

The Editor’s Podcast appears with each new issue of the Journal of Public Health Management and Practice and offers a closer look at the articles published in the latest issues with guest appearances by authors, guest editors, and others. Listen to the full podcast below. The COVID-19 pandemic highlights the erosion of public health infrastructure over the past decades and

Updates on the Development of PHAB Standards & Measures Version 2022

Posted on May 12, 2021 by Britt Lang, MPH

This entry is part 29 of 46 in the series Focus on Accreditation and Innovation

by Britt Lang, MPH The Public Health Accreditation Board (PHAB) is working closely with the field of public health to develop a new version of its accreditation standards and measures. The updated Standards & Measures Version 2022 will use the 10 Essential Public Health Services (EPHS) as its framework and will highlight which measures correspond to the cross-cutting skills and

Why Is the Diverse Field of Occupational and Environmental Medicine One of the Best Kept Secrets in Medicine?

Posted on May 11, 2021 by Dr. Judith Green-McKenzie

by Judith Green-McKenzie, MD 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 factors contributing to the shortage of formally trained Occupational Physicians in the United States. In “Outcomes of a Survey-Based Approach to Determine Factors Contributing to the Shortage

Infographic: Updating Health Literacy for Healthy People 2030

Posted on May 6, 2021 by jphmpdirect

A new article, “Updating Health Literacy for Healthy People 2030: Defining Its Importance for a New Decade in Public Health,” published ahead of print in the Journal of Public Health Management and Practice, describes the evolution of Healthy People 2030’s definition of health literacy. 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