UNC Epidemiology Blog

APRIL 2, 2025

Rotimi Kukoyi wants to be a bridge builder in public health. What’s your role in public health? Im a junior studying health policy and management at the Gillings School. I want to be a physician and a policy maker, and I chose public health because its highly interdisciplinary. Another huge task.

Health Equity 65

Health Equity Social Determinants of Health Health Policy 65

PHAB

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Joneigh brings a wealth of knowledge, visionary leadership, and a deep commitment to advancing public health. Khaldun served as Michigans Chief Medical Executive and Chief Deputy Director for Health, overseeing five state agencies. The Board is confident in her ability to lead the talented PHAB team into the future.

Healthcare Systems and Hospitals 98

Healthcare Systems and Hospitals Media and Health Communication Health Equity Social Determinants of Health 98

Association of Health Care Journalists

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

These disparities highlight the urgent need for innovative approaches to maternal care that address not only clinical needs but also the social determinants of health that contribute to these disparities. Doula care may not be a panacea, but it is a solutions-focused tool in the larger effort to achieve maternal health equity.

Socioeconomic Status and Health 106

Socioeconomic Status and Health Health Equity Social Determinants of Health Health Policy 106

The Network for Public Health Law

JANUARY 8, 2025

A Message from Interim Co-Executive Directors Quang (“Q”) Dang and Ann Phi-Wendt “ While laws and policies can serve as barriers to health equity, they can also be used to promote health and advance equity and this is, has been, and will continue to be the focus of our work, whatever the political climate might bring.

Public Health Law and Policy Consulting 52

Public Health Law and Policy Consulting Health Policy and Advocacy Organizations Public Health Law and Regulation Climate Change and Health 52

The Health Care Blog

JANUARY 18, 2022

Those Medicare Advantage members are getting best levels of care now because the actual care that a high percentage of those patients received before enrollment happened when the negative social determinants of health factors were defining and creating their actual care settings in their communities.

Ethnicity and Health 104

Ethnicity and Health Social Determinants of Health Health Equity Health Policy 104

The Health Care Blog

MARCH 21, 2022

Hospital consolidation has risen to the top of the health policy stack. Health Systems Didn’t Just “Happen”; Federal Health Policy Actively Catalyzed their Formation. Its ability to improve population health in their communities, especially by attacking and ameliorating social determinants of health.

Healthcare Systems and Hospitals 113

Healthcare Systems and Hospitals Public Health Law and Policy Consulting Mental Health and Public Health Health Metrics and Evaluation 113

The Network for Public Health Law

AUGUST 7, 2024

To this end, the Network identified and analyzed laws based on keyword searches, focusing on racial equity, racism, intergenerational racism, implicit bias, health equity, health disparities, and racial disparities. Washington now requires health equity as a subject for students at the state school of medicine.

Public Health Law and Policy Consulting 52

Public Health Law and Policy Consulting Health Education and Training Organizations Health Equity Health Disparities 52