Monthly Archives: July 2021

Providing Health Leadership During the COVID Pandemic

This entry is part 12 of 17 in the series Management Moments

In this video, Dr. John Wiesman describes his experience as the Washington State Secretary of Health during COVID-19. This series of video interviews with public health leaders is related to topics discussed in columns in the JPHMP series, The Management Moment. These brief interviews provide tips on putting into practice information from these columns. John Wiesman, DrPH, MPH, is a Professor of

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The History of Soccer, the Butterfly, and Public Health

The Healthiest Goldfish with Sandro Galea

How our choices shape, and reshape, the status quo over time, within the context of the complex systems that determine health. This post originally appeared on The Healthiest Goldfish with Sandro Galea and is republished here with permission from the author. Learn more at SandroGalea.org. My favorite game by some distance is soccer. The game has been in the news lately, most recently

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A Playbook for Balancing the Moral and Empirical Case for Health

The Healthiest Goldfish with Sandro Galea

The arguments that support a healthier world are strongest when informed by an equal measure of data and moral urgency. This post originally appeared on The Healthiest Goldfish with Sandro Galea and is republished here with permission from the author. Learn more at SandroGalea.org. The arguments that support a healthier world are strongest when informed by an equal measure of

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NACCHO Book Review — Broke in America: Seeing, Understanding, and Ending US Poverty

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. Broke in America: Seeing, Understanding and Ending US Poverty, critically examines public policies and how they have contributed to the inequitable access to and distribution of

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A Few Tips on Avoiding Burnout in Academic Public Health

The Scholarship of Public Health addresses topics relevant to scientific publishing, dissemination of evidence and best practices, and the education of current and future professionals. This column presents some considerations and best practices for finding time to produce scholarship in the form of a manuscript or presentation. Burnout can affect anyone but can be more common in women and is

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PHAB’s Revised Research Agenda and Logic Model: A Guide for Future Research

The Public Health Accreditation Board (PHAB) is committed to research and evaluation to drive quality improvement and build the evidence base around public health systems. To help guide these efforts, PHAB developed a logic model and research agenda in 2011. The logic model and research agenda were revised periodically as PHAB learned more about the impact of accreditation, and as

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Dr. Paul Halverson on Leading State and Local Public Health Agencies

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This entry is part 11 of 17 in the series Management Moments

This series of video interviews with public health leaders is related to topics discussed in columns in the JPHMP series, The Management Moment. These brief interviews provide tips on putting into practice information from these columns. In this video, produced by the Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health SHO-Case Study, Dr. Hugh Tilson spoke with Dr. Paul Halverson about the qualities

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