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Health Equity in Action: Climate Week 2024

Climate for Health

The Climate for Health team is proud to have partnered with the National Association of Community Health Centers and the American Public Health Association for a session on climate action and health equity at Climate Week.

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AHCJ Awards 2025 U.S. Health System Reporting Fellowships

Association of Health Care Journalists

The Association of Health Care Journalists has awarded the 2025 U.S. Health System Reporting Fellowships to five journalists who will pursue yearlong reporting projects examining health care systems and health equity in the U.S.

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Legal and Policy Assistance to Address Racial Health Equity

The Network for Public Health Law

Call for Applications for Legal and Policy Assistance to Promote Racial Health Equity Deadline: September 9, 2024 Join us for an informational webinar Thursday, August 29, 2024 | 12 – 1:00 p.m. The Network for Public Health Law supports health and health equity through law and policy.

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Public Health Master’s Degrees in Epidemiology: What Questions to Ask

BU School of Public Health Blog

I asked a couple of our faculty program directors what they want prospective students to know about our epidemiology master’s programs here at Boston University School of Public Health: “The Master’s of Science (MS) Program in Epidemiology is ideal for students with strong analytic interests who are passionate about health equity.

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‘No one can see you now’: What states are doing to boost primary care

Association of Health Care Journalists

And yet, only 5% of health care spending in this country goes to primary care, less than in any other Western democracy. This webinar examined what actions states — which regulate the insurance industry and run the Medicaid programs — have taken to increase spending on primary care and what effect these efforts can have on costs.

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Civic Health, Voting, and Public Health: What’s at Stake in 2024

Region IV Public Health Training Center

Explore the critical connections between civic engagement, voting, and public health in this interactive webinar. We will dive into how civic health shapes policy outcomes, the role of voting in advancing health equity, and the implications of the 2024 election on public health initiatives.

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The Strength of Our Collective Commitment to Health and Equity

The Network for Public Health Law

We invite you to attend a webinar on November 21 st , organized in collaboration with the Institute for Responsive Government—the new home of Healthy Democracy Healthy People, and Missouri Center for Public Health Excellence for a discussion about the relationship between health and democracy; the tensions facing government, public health authority, (..)