July 2023: From the Editor
Editor-in-chief Lloyd F. Novick highlights new articles in the July/August 2023 issue of the Journal of Public Health Management and Practice.
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May 2023: Public Health Surveillance
Editor-in-chief Lloyd F. Novick highlights new articles in the May/June 2023 issue of the Journal of Public Health Management and Practice.
Read moreJan 2023: Data Informs Health Equity & PH WINS 2021
Editor in chief Lloyd F. Novick highlights new articles in the January/February 2023 issues of the Journal of Public Health Management and Practice.
Read moreNovember 2022: COVID-19 Ongoing Challenge
Editor in chief Lloyd F. Novick highlights new articles in the November/December 2022 issues of the Journal of Public Health Management and Practice.
Read moreSeptember 2022: Health Equity in Healthy People 2030
Editor in chief Lloyd F. Novick highlights new articles in the September/October 2022 issues of the Journal of Public Health Management and Practice. This September issue of the Journal of Public Health Practice and Management contains a special section “Health Equity in Healthy People 2030.” A commentary by Bishop and Reed points to the long-standing systemic inequities resulting in the
Read moreJuly 2022: Public Health Agencies Respond to Challenges
Editor in chief Lloyd F. Novick highlights new articles in the July/August 2022 issue of the Journal of Public Health Management and Practice. Our July issue contains an article by Zaugg and colleagues on abortion activities in health departments. This is certainly a timely subject. We are following up with a blog post on JPHMP Direct by these authors on
Read moreMarch 2022: Public Health Surveillance
This March issue of the Journal of Public Health Management and Practice focuses on public health surveillance. The lead editorial by Jeffrey Bethel describes wastewater surveillance as a powerful tool in monitoring communicable disease. This innovative technique is now being used for COVID-19 surveillance to determine the spread of this pathogen in communities. Researchers have found a correlation between occurrence
Read moreCOVID-19: Addressing the Continuing Challange
“Responding to a public health crisis requires decisive action, near unity, and a readiness to adapt as we learn about what causes the disease to spread and about what actions can minimize that spread.” (1) Two years into this pandemic, we have painfully learned how COVID-19 spreads and the actions of vaccination and wearing masks can minimize that spread. Decisive
Read moreNov 2021: Environmental Public Health and Healthy People 2030
This issue of the Journal of Public Health Management and Practice focuses on environmental health. Rhoads and co-authors describe evidence-based policy decision making in a healthy homes initiative in Kansas City, Missouri. This urban area experiences substantial racial/ethnic disparities and high levels of residential segregation. Substandard housing has led to a number of health problems including asthma. An economic analysis
Read moreSep 2021: Local Public Health Agencies
Structural Racism Impacts Health. Structural racism is a system in which public policies, institutional practices, cultural representations, and other norms work to perpetuate racial group inequity. It is rooted in a hierarchy that privileges one race over another, influencing institutions that govern daily life from housing policies to police profiling and incarceration. It is closely linked to the social determinants
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