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NPHW 2024: How Global Health Experience Shaped CSTE AEF Fellow Hannah Gorman’s Journey to Epidemiology

CSTE

From Ethiopia to New York City to Washington State, AEF fellow Hannah Gorman is always focused on the health of the neighborhood shes currently in. Gorman uses these same techniques daily as a CSTE Applied Epidemiology Fellow (AEF) at the Washington State Department of Health. Todays NPHW daily theme is Healthy Neighborhoods.

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DeKalb health needs: Better access to providers and healthy food, report finds

HEALTHBEAT

Public health, explained: Sign up to receive Healthbeat’s free Atlanta newsletter here. DeKalb County residents want more options for physical activity and healthy food and better access to health care providers, according to the latest Community Health Needs Assessment. National Institutes of Health grant.

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LISTEN: Pradnya Garud on the role of unions in climate justice

Environmental Health News

Just just to highlight that point a little bit: so the ownership of land, employment and leadership of private sector and public sectors is usually dominated by few upper caste groups. Brian Bienkowski So you are now an environmental health data equity strategist – I love that, I love that term– for the Oregon Health Authority.

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January 16, 2025

Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs

Introducing the Fall 2024 MCH Innovations Database Practices Every Spring and Fall, the Innovation Hub hosts its bi-annual review of new, innovative, and impactful policies and practices in the maternal and child health (MCH) space. By providing stable housing, the program works to increase positive health outcomes for mothers and babies.

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Building the next generation of public health workers

NC Health News

By Rachel Crumpler The COVID-19 pandemic shined a light on the critical role of public health workers. The work was visible as society reeled from an unprecedented health emergency that disrupted life for so many. The work was visible as society reeled from an unprecedented health emergency that disrupted life for so many.

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Patient brokers prey on those struggling with addiction; new campaign works to stop them

NC Health News

Patient brokering, sometimes called body brokering, can take several forms, according to the Dayspring Foundation formerly the Eleanor Health Foundation which supports addressing the social determinants of health within the recovery ecosystem. Department of Health and Human Services and the Alcohol/Drug Council of N.C.

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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.