November 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.
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May 2022: Healthy Behaviors
Associate Editor Justin B. Moore highlights new articles in the May/June 2022 issue of the Journal of Public Health Management and Practice. As spring is upon us, bringing warmer temperatures, flowers, and the associated pollen, I would like to bring your attention to a few articles from the recent May/June issue of the Journal of Public Health Management & Practice
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
Read moreJuly 2021: The Opioid Epidemic
The July 2021 issue of the Journal of Public Health Management and Practice focuses on the opioid epidemic. Articles in this issue document a variety of programs and policies to reduce the overwhelming harms caused by opiates. These efforts include surveillance, syringe service availability, and responsible prescribing programs. William Swann and co-authors studied the opioid policy and programs offered by local governments.
Read moreMay 2021: COVID-19 Policy Implications
This May/June issue of the Journal of Public Health Management and Practice contains a series of articles on COVID-19 that have important policy implications for the prevention and response to this pandemic. The lead scientific article by Marielle Fricchione and co-authors from the Chicago Department of Health describes reopening in-person education in the Archdiocese school setting in Chicago. This article
Read moreFrom the Editor: Our Time of Challenge
by Lloyd F. Novick, MD, MPH This issue of the Journal of Public Health Management and Practice focuses on COVID-19 and the health of the public. This coronavirus pandemic, the public health crisis of our era, presents challenges unlike those ever faced before by our health agencies, at local, state, and federal levels. The surge of illnesses and deaths has overwhelmed our
Read moreFrom the Editor: It’s a Failure Business
by Justin B. Moore, PhD, MS As the fall classic has come to a close and a champion has been crowned, let us pause to ponder the essence of baseball. Baseball is filled with strategy, suspense, and occasional excitement. That’s what drew me to watch baseball as a kid. As an adult, I’ve become more drawn to the plight of
Read moreSep 2019: The Positive Influence of Local Public Health Agencies on the Populations They Serve
by Lloyd F. Novick, MD, MPH Our September/October issue of the Journal of Public Health Management and Practice illustrates the positive influence of local public health agencies on the populations they serve. Mazzucca and colleagues write that fostering evidence-based decision making (EBDM) within local health determinants is crucial to translating research to prevent public health practice into public health practice
Read moreMay 2019: The Substance Abuse Issue
This May/June issue of the Journal of Public Health Management and Practice focuses on substance abuse and related disorders. Leading off is a commentary by Beitsch and Langhinrichsen-Rohling “Avoiding Déjà vu All Over Again: Inserting Public Health/Mental/Behavioral Health, and Prevention Policy Into the Opiate Crisis Litigation.” Linking the current substance abuse problem to tobacco, they refer to the notable successes
Read moreFrom the Editor: March 2019 & PH WINS
by Lloyd F. Novick, MD, MPH “Combatting and Preventing Preemption” by Michael Bare and co-authors leads this March/April issue of the Journal of Public Health Management and Practice. Preemption is a tactic used by commercial interests to counter local public health initiatives such as those aimed at tobacco control and use of sugar-sweetened beverages. Bare outlines a 4-part strategic model
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