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Five Questions with CSTE’s First Preventive Medicine Fellow: Hariharan Athreya, MD

CSTE

Q: Was there a certain a-ha moment where you became passionate about Public Health as a career? I saw that if I cared about social determinants of health and where people were living and how they were living like I was doing then I would need a public health degree. Q: Whats an average day like for you?

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

CSTE

But they needed to go to a good school, they needed a house, they needed a place to live, they needed a parent that could care for them -- things that are very much a part of health, but we don't always think of as health. Work that resonates strongly with todays National Public Health Week theme, Healthy Neighborhoods.

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Event: LTSS Webinar: Aging with Pets - Benefits, Challenges, and Opportunities

Rural Health Information Hub

The research behind the creation of this program will be presented, along with the challenges and successes of planning and implementation. The volunteer-based program helps with basic pet care needs, thereby enabling elders to age in place with their pets. Let us know before the webinar by emailing ltssinfo@kauffmaninc.com.

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Social Determinants and Lupus Care in the Black Community

Black Health Matters

When it comes to systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and social determinants of health (SDoH), it’s clear that these issues go hand in hand, especially for the Black community. Dr. Lim: Social determinants of health refer to the conditions in which individuals are born, grow, live, work, and age.

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

HEALTHBEAT

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. DeKalb Public Health CEO Dr. Sandra Valenciano presented the findings at a quarterly meeting of DeKalb Public Health’s board Thursday.

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New Releases: SDOH Toolkit and Learning Forum Sessions for the Health IT Community

Health IT Buzz

The new Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) Information Exchange Toolkit is a practical, on-the-ground resource designed to aid the health IT community in the implementation of initiatives that recognize the importance of using SDOH information. food, housing, transportation insecurity, clinical care).

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How do we integrate training in Generalism in medical education?

Better Health For All

This presents challenges within medical curricula which prioritise fixed notions of knowledge, closed book assessments, and single best answer assessment formats [2]. Medical educators express challenges integrating Generalism into medical curricula (both teaching and assessments).