Mar
04
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Each year during the first week of April, the American Public Health Association brings together communities to observe National Public Health Week. The week is dedicated to recognizing the contributions of public health and to highlight issues that are important to improving our nation’s health. The theme of this year’s event which is being held… Read More »
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Mar
01
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Commercial Determinants of Health: Tobacco Use is a 1 hour live webinar that will be presented on Wednesday, March 2 at 1:00 pm ET | 12:00pm CT | 11:00am MT | 10:00am PT as part of the NNLM’s PHC Webinar Series Tobacco use remains the leading cause of preventable death, attributable to more than 480,000… Read More »
Posted in: Blog, CHES Credit, Education and Outreach, NNLM Class
Feb
28
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The February issue of Health Affairs, available through the Public Health Digital Library, is entirely devoted to the critical examination of racism in health care. In “The Intellectual Roots Of Current Knowledge On Racism And Health: Relevance To Policy And The National Equity Discourse”, Zambrana and Williams show how race, class, and structural racism inter-relate… Read More »
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Feb
16
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The New England AIDS Education and Training Center (NEAETC) recently released a recorded session on a collaborative research program that looked at public health, emergency medical services data and spatial epidemiological analysis to map opioid-related incidents. More than Healthcare – Improving Public Health Response through Partnerships: A Unique Collaboration to Combat the Opioid Crises in… Read More »
Posted in: Education and Outreach, HIV, NNLM, Public Health
Feb
03
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The NNLM’s Public Health Collaborative presents: Transgender and Gender-Nonbinary Sexual and Reproductive Health on Tuesday, March 8, 10am-11am PT/ 11-noon MT/ noon-1 CT/ 1-2pm ET. In this webinar, participants will learn the principles of taking a transgender-inclusive sexual health history. We will also review evidence-based counseling for gender-diverse people regarding fertility, contraception, and cervical cancer screening. Objectives: Reassess… Read More »
Posted in: Blog, CHES Credit, NNLM, NNLM Class, Public Health