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CSTE Hill Update: November 2023

CSTE

In the Senate, however, the Health, Education, Labor & Pensions (HELP) Committee advanced a bipartisan version of PAHPA that reauthorizes core public health preparedness programs. You can view both bills here and here.

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Back to school: Nurse seeks training to help bridge mental health care gap in rural NC

NC Health News

Sheps Center for Health Services Research at UNC Chapel Hill. Weve lost a lot of health care access points, Bagley said, noting the 2023 closing of Martin General Hospital in neighboring Martin County. And its important that schools have enough nurses and others trained to work with students facing mental health issues.

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Q&A: MRT-TI student Hamsa Raman bridges lactation and speech pathology

UNC Epidemiology Blog

Hamsa Raman December 2, 2024 Originally from Cary, North Carolina, Mary Rose Tully Training Institute (MRT-TI) student Hamsa Raman completed her bachelor’s degree at UNC Greensboro in 2020 and master’s degree in Speech Pathology at Hampton University in 2023.

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How do we integrate training in Generalism in medical education?

Better Health For All

To explore this further, the Faculty of Public Health’s special interest group, Public Health Educators in Medical Schools (PHEMS) ran an online workshop with medical educators to explore any challenges and opportunities for integrating Generalism into undergraduate medical curricula. J Med Educ Res [Internet].

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Child care is key to health care after Helene, regional health providers say

NC Health News

We must look for more than temporary fixes in a sustainable, private-public approach that treats child care as an essential infrastructure, said William Hathaway, CEO of Mountain Area Health Education Center. Parents are paying too much for care; teachers are not making enough, Whitney said.

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Mentorship in Action: Advancing Public Health Research and Tobacco Cessation Efforts

PHIG Partners

In a strategic initiative funded by PHIG, the Arkansas Department of Health (ADH) partnered with the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) to enhance public health education through mentorship.

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The Pivot with Lisa Barrios

UNC Epidemiology Blog

This is a new division, started on October 1, 2023. The frequency and severity of public health emergencies continue to intensify, as the world saw during the COVID-19 pandemic and the mpox outbreak. During my sophomore year, I lived in a freshman hall as a health advocate and provided health education to students.