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The Social Science of Covid

The Health Care Blog

In 2008, two decades after his piece on HIV/AIDS, and stimulated by a new crisis with H1N1 Bird Flu, Rosenberg published a paper in the Journal of Infectious Diseases titled “Siting Epidemic Disease: 3 Centuries of American History.”. Recognition did carry with it an expectation of collective action, and a search for context.

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Anna Kramvis – A big job in a small world

Frontiers

Over time, I expanded my role to full-time and established my research entity, the HVDRU, in 2008. Despite causing more deaths than the former three diseases combined, HBV receives little attention and funding from global health policy makers.

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Dr. Rex Archer Honored with PHAB’s Prestigious F. Douglas Scutchfield Leadership Award 

PHAB

Archer has served as a member of PHAB’s Board of Directors since 2008 and as a member of the Accreditation Committee from 2014 to 2020 and from 2023 to 2024. He served as Vice Chair of the Board of Directors from 2018 to 2020 and as Chair of the Board of Directors from 2020 to 2022.

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New report: Shortfall of big city health detectives poses serious threat to public health response

Big Cities Health Coalition

A lot of decisions about health policy and practice get made based on epidemiological data. Methods With input from big city health department staff, CSTE and BCHC modified CSTE’s state epidemiology capacity assessment to better suit large, local health departments. All 35 BCHC members participated.

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Public Health community approach to climate. Our carbon footprint or our narrative?

Sheffield DPH

And thus policy. There are plenty of good eg of why tobacco PR should be nowhere near health policy. Eg Climate change Act 2008 Gives us all the accountability we need. Small part in overall answer, but perpetuate problems (sitting too much, high power use, congestion, KSI, pollution). Reduce, reuse, recycle ….

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Managed Care History Part III: The Rise of Machine-Driven Managed Care

The Health Care Blog

If you missed it read Part 1 & Part 2 By JEFF GOLDSMITH Two major changes in health insurance ensued as the US health system entered the 21 st century- a strategic shift of health cost risk from providers to patients and the emergence of machine driven managed care.

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Promoting and protecting the public’s health: recommendations for a new Administration and Congress, 2025

Big Cities Health Coalition

A resilient, well-funded, and equitable public health infrastructure is essential to addressing health disparities and improving overall health outcomes for urban populations nationwide. An equity approach to federal health policy and funding decisions should be data driven and designed for targeted and universal impact.