A novel research award program that paired funding and training with a focus on underserved areas helped build research capacity in the US territories.
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State and territorial health agencies play a vital role in addressing disruptions in access to prescription opioids, underscoring the need for formal response protocols to uphold patient safety and continuity of care.
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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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Vulnerable people experiencing homelessness are often not included in preparedness planning for WASH-related emergencies. NACCHO worked with five local health departments to update their emergency plans to address this gap and captured their lessons learned.
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Decision making by state health officials in a public health emergency is a complex and critical process involving many variables.
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This article highlights some of the difficulties maintaining routine retail food inspections during public health emergencies and lessons learned for prioritizing retail food regulatory practices during a significant public health event.
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Public health laboratories need to have a voice in outbreak response planning, and past challenges must inform future efforts to effectively address emerging health threats in the United States.
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The PHAB Research and Evaluation team shares examples of accreditation insights found via the Data Portal and other PHAB data sources related to ACEs, climate change, and preparedness. Almost two years ago, the Public Health Accreditation Board introduced our new Data Portal, a data visualization tool to explore accredited health department performance data. Users can explore data related to Standards
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The next biothreat is inevitable, and the absence of policies to combat it will lead to disaster. The COVID-19 pandemic has revolutionized public health infrastructure in the United States. Health care expenditures have grown at a record-high rate, the development of vaccinations has been streamlined, and the federal government has enacted several policies aimed to support pandemic preparedness through disease
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by Paul C. Erwin, MD, DrPH When Editor-in-Chief Lloyd Novick invited me to write a commentary, I suggested I could title this, “I Have Failed,” and then proceed to write about all the ways I have fallen short in the time of COVID-19. In his wisdom, Dr. Novick pulled me back and encouraged me to consider what we can still
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