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Arnold School of Public Health Alumna Uses Degree to Address Health Disparities as Director with Special Olympics Florida

Posted on August 16, 2017 by jphmpdirect

by Erin Bluvas Students of Public Health focuses on research projects and other contributions students are making to advance public health. This series is guest edited by Johanzynn Gatewood, an MPH candidate in Social and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Florida-Gainesville [Full bio]. STUDENT PROFILES — If someone had told Allison Rapp that she would earn a master’s degree

Featured Collection on Accreditation

Posted on April 14, 2017 by jphmpdirect

by Lloyd F. Novick, MD, MPH The Journal of Public Health Management & Practice is the leading publication for articles on the accreditation of public health agencies with three entire issues devoted to this theme in July/August 1998, July/August 2007, and January/February 2014, as well as other articles on this subject in other issues of the Journal. An important collection of 100+ articles

Special Features

The Unrealistic Gold Standard

Posted on March 16, 2017 by jphmpdirect

by Jason S. Brinkley, PhD, MA, MS On the Brink addresses topics related to data, analytics, and visualizations on personal health and public health research. This column explores current practices in the health arena and how both the data and mathematical sciences have an impact. (The opinions and views represented here are the author’s own and do not reflect any group

Charlotte Baker, DrPH, MPH, CPH, Teaches “Real Data” to Find Solutions to Pressing Public Health Issues Right Now

Posted on March 13, 2017 by Sheryl Monks

Charlotte Baker, DrPH, MPH, CPH, is a true public health practitioner, as her work crosscuts epidemiology, health behaviors, biostatistics, policy, sports injury, and health disparities. As an assistant professor of epidemiology and biostatistics at Florida A&M University, teaching takes up 80 percent of her time, which means that getting the research in requires a great deal of extra effort. Multitasking

Health Department Leaders Urged to Stand Against a Repeal of the Affordable Care Act (ACA)

Posted on March 8, 2017 by Sheryl Monks

Both the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) and the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) are urging their members to stand against the proposed repeal of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), which could severely jeopardize the Prevention and Public Health Fund (PPHF). In a statement posted on its website, NACCHO recently offered PPHF talking

Special Features

Why National Accreditation Is Important to Tribes

Posted on March 7, 2017 by jphmpdirect

This entry is part 5 of 46 in the series Focus on Accreditation and Innovation

by Lisa Pivec, MS Focus on Accreditation and Innovation addresses current issues related to the Public Health Accreditation Board’s national public health department accreditation program, and the Public Health National Center for Innovations. This series highlights the experiences and perspectives of accredited health departments and explores topics related to the Standards and Measures, research and evaluation findings, and the

Programs Manager, April Reese, MPH, Educates Communities on Diabetes Prevention

Posted on February 24, 2017 by Sheryl Monks

April Reese is happy that diabetes awareness has reached a broader segment of the public in recent years. As the Programs Manager for the Community and Clinical Connections for Prevention and Health Branch within the Chronic Disease and Injury Section of the North Carolina Division of Public Health, diabetes is one of three major chronic illnesses she’s devoted her career to

Colorado School of Public Health Student Jillian Foss Explores the Intersectionality of Mental Health and Obesity

Posted on January 25, 2017 by jphmpdirect

by Jillian Foss Students of Public Health focuses on research projects and other contributions students are making to advance public health. This series is guest edited by Johanzynn Gatewood, an MPH candidate in Social and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Florida-Gainesville [Full bio]. STUDENT VOICES — Can mindfulness lower your risk of developing obesity over time? If mental states

Make a Public Health Resolution

Posted on December 16, 2016 by jphmpdirect

by Jay E. Maddock, PhD, FAAHB The Dean’s Perspective focuses on issues pertinent to the relationship between academic public health and the practice community. One of the benefits of being in academia is the cycle of beginnings and endings. As the fall semester draws to a close, we know that we will be turning in final grades, graduating students, and

Celebrating the First Year of the Public Health National Center for Innovations at PHAB

Posted on December 13, 2016 by jphmpdirect

by Jessica Solomon Fisher, MCP, and Travis Parker Lee, BS Focus on Accreditation and Innovation addresses current issues related to the Public Health Accreditation Board’s national public health department accreditation program, and the Public Health National Center for Innovations. This series highlights the experiences and perspectives of accredited health departments and explores topics related to the Standards and Measures, research

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