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Disability and the Public Health Workforce

Posted on August 31, 2023 by Nikki Weiss

This entry is part 36 of 37 in the series Wide World of Public Health Systems

Nikki Weiss discusses three disability justice issues that are likely to significantly impact public health systems.

Measures to Mitigate the Discriminatory Impact of COVID-19 on Individuals with Hearing Loss

Posted on October 9, 2020 by jphmpdirect

by Gopalkrishna G. Verma and Joy D. Desouza The COVID-19 pandemic has been a severe blow to 466 million individuals with hearing loss disability. Governments worldwide have suggested wearing face coverings/masks in enclosed places in an attempt to control the transmission of coronavirus. Unfortunately, this measure has an unintended discriminatory impact on these individuals as they rely on their ability

Homelessness Among Individuals with Disabilities: Influential Factors and Scalable Solutions

Posted on July 24, 2019 by jphmpdirect

homelessness among individuals disabilities

by Erin Vinoski Thomas, PhD, CHES; and Chloe Vercruysse, MBA This post is re-published with permission from NACCHO Voice: The Word on Local Health Departments, a blog by the National Association of City and County Health Officials. NACCHO’s mission is to be a leader, partner, catalyst, and voice for local health departments. This post originally ran in NACCHO Essential Elements blog.