Mississippi’s public health sector is a leader in addressing the needs of its aging population through the adoption of the Age-Friendly Public Health Systems 6Cs Framework, which prioritizes multi-sector collaboration and represents a practical model that other states can use to promote equitable healthy aging.
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Teaming up race, ethnicity, and/or language-concordant community health workers with licensed providers offers a promising strategy to enhance home visiting engagement of high-risk birthing individuals in disadvantaged communities.
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The May 2024 issue of the Journal of Public Health Management and Practice (JPHMP) focuses on preparedness with articles addressing workforce competencies critical to emergency response, efforts and innovation of public health agencies and their leaders during the COVID-19 pandemic, the evolution of CI/CT interview scripts during COVID for faster responses to large-scale infectious disease outbreaks in the future, and others.
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A new study in JPHMP looks at what the public health system could do differently to prevent SUIDs.
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A public health detailing campaign focused on building confidence in and access to the COVID-19 vaccines was a key part of reducing racial inequities in COVID-19 vaccination rates across New York City.
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The linkage of state all-payer claims database with state cancer registry provides an excellent opportunity to assess regular mammography use in women with breast cancer prior to and following breast cancer diagnosis.
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An updated, user-friendly spreadsheet tool is available to help health departments estimate the impact of changes in their STI prevention budgets.
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Different groups are consuming COVID-19 information in distinct ways. Public health messaging must recognize this and adjust content and dissemination strategies to meet users where they are.
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After Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (Bloomberg School) faculty and staff reported receiving such harassment related to their public health work, the school established the FlagIt report and response system to support any individuals (faculty, staff or students) within the Bloomberg School community facing such harassment.
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This article presents practical guidance for implementing a data-sharing governance framework of value to public health and healthcare organizations based on the experience of the Multi-State EHR-Based Network for Disease Surveillance (MENDS).
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