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Health Equity

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DEC 04 2024

Our fact sheets and infographics illustrate the problem and offer potential solutions.

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Awards

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NOV 18 2024

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Reports and Issue Briefs

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OCT 23 2024

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APHA announces 2024 awards for excellence in public health

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SEP 06 2024

The American Public Health Association is pleased to honor excellence in public health leadership and innovation, from state and local health officials to those speaking up for public health from the halls of Congress..

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Special AJPH Collections Page highlights lessons learned in addressing COVID-19-related health disparities and advancing health equity through CDC grant initiative

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AUG 28 2024

The AJPH online Collections Page delves into promising practices and lessons learned in addressing COVID-19-related health disparities and advancing health equity and serves as a preview to the full supplement issue, publishing on September 18, 2024.

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Aging, Health and Equity

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MAR 08 2024

We must address aging through a public health lens

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Special AJPH Publication Explores the Urgency of Public Mental Health

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MAR 27 2024

The American Journal of Public Health (AJPH), in partnership with the University of California, Los Angeles Fielding School of Public Health, have created this special issue dedicated to delivering insights that challenge traditional approaches to mental health while focusing on the pressing mental health crises exacerbated by recent events such as the COVID-19 pandemic, international wars and societal disparities. "The Social Context of Mental Health, Bereavement and Grief: A Call for Public Mental Health" sheds light on the critical intersection of mental health and societal well-being.

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Protecting the Health and Well-Being of People Living Unsheltered by Stopping Forcible Displacement of Encampments
  • Date:NOV 14 2023
  • Policy Statement Number:20234

Keywords: Encampments, Homeless, Housing, Sweeps

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A Call to Stop Shackling Incarcerated Patients Seeking Health Care
  • Date:NOV 14 2023
  • Policy Statement Number:20233

Keywords: Criminal Justice, Human Rights, Incarceration, Shackling

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Meeting the Health and Psychosocial Needs and Ensuring the Human Rights of Refugees From Nagorno-Karabakh
  • Date:NOV 14 2023
  • Policy Statement Number:LB23-02

Keywords: Armenians, Conflict, Human Rights, Nagorno-Karabakh, Refugees

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Books

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NOV 27 2023

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APHA announces 2023 awards for excellence in public health

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AUG 31 2023

APHA announces 2023 awards for excellence in public health

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Public health leaders call on policymakers to prioritize buildings as instruments of public health

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SEP 26 2023

A dozen public health leaders urge policymakers to rethink building policies to place human health at the forefront

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A Strategy to Address Systemic Racism and Violence as Public Health Priorities: Training and Supporting Community Health Workers to Advance Equity and Violence Prevention
  • Date:NOV 08 2022
  • Policy Statement Number:20227

Keywords: Community Health, Racism, Violence Prevention, Health Equity

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Reimagining Public Health Leadership for Health Equity: Moving Toward Collective and Community-Centered Applied Practice
  • Date:NOV 08 2022
  • Policy Statement Number:202210

Keywords: Community Health, Health Equity, Health Access, Health Disparities, Racism

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Public Health Actions That Support Implementation of the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline
  • Date:NOV 08 2022
  • Policy Statement Number:LB22-01

Keywords: Mental Health, Suicide, Violence Prevention

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Advancing Environmental Health and Justice: A Call for Assessment and Oversight of Health Care Waste
  • Date:NOV 08 2022
  • Policy Statement Number:20224

Keywords: Health Care Waste

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Advancing Health Equity through Protecting and Promoting Access to Voting
  • Date:NOV 08 2022
  • Policy Statement Number:20229

Keywords: Health Equity, Civil Rights, Health Disparities, Social Determinants of Health

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A Call to Expand International Debt Relief for All Developing Countries to Increase Access to Public Resources for Health Care
  • Date:NOV 08 2022
  • Policy Statement Number:20222

Keywords: Debt Relief, International Debt, Public Health Funding