Just as a house relies on invisible foundations, public health systems depend on Foundational Capabilities (ie, infrastructure) to function, yet these are often underfunded and overlooked.
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A recent survey of state and territorial Chronic Disease Directors reveals modest workforce gains but ongoing struggles with recruitment, training, and funding—highlighting the need for sustained investment to build and support chronic disease prevention infrastructure.
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by Naomi Rich Using Data to Inform Adequate Public Health Staffing Needs Since 2008, there has been a significant decrease in funding for governmental public health, which already operates with minimally sufficient levels of staff. Continued funding reductions have severely impacted staffing capacity and hindered the ability of our nation’s health departments to address community needs and protect and promote
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In my previous post in this series, I covered the basics of getting started on the grant writing process. In this post, I’m going to discuss the process of finding a funder for your research. As you’ll see, the choice of who to target for funding can be a complicated one, with a number of considerations to guide the selection.
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In a recent series, I laid out some considerations for conducting a successful job search to land a position in academic public health. Once in that first academic position, most faculty in schools of public health, medicine, or other research-intensive departments start looking for ways to support their research agenda. For many of us, that includes seeking grant opportunities from
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“Hell isn’t merely paved with good intentions; it’s walled and roofed with them. Yes, and furnished too.” ~ Aldous Huxley Several years ago, a New York Times blog described a conflict of interest in which three prominent scientists received an unrestricted grant[a] from the Coca-Cola Company to conduct research and convene an international consortium of scientists to address issues of
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by Tina Batra Hershey, JD, MPH, and Elizabeth Van Nostrand, JD Crossroads: Law and Public Health addresses topics related to the intersection of law and public health. This series highlights the perspectives of two attorneys turned academicians and explores legal and policy issues that impact public health. The 21st Century Cures Act (the Cures Act), signed into law on December 13,
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