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Video: The Intersection of Black Lives Matter and Public Health

The Center for Learning and Innovation at the San Francisco Department of Public Health (SFDPH) recently published a video on...

Oct 03, 2017 | Kim Rodgers

  • CDC Report: Burden of TB in the United States, 2015

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently released Burden of TB in the United States, 2015. The report shares...

    Jan 03, 2017 | Kim Rodgers

    • Air Quality, Health Equity & Social Justice

    The Causes of Air Pollution Inequity

    A recent study published in PNAS was the first to establish a pollution inequity metric that quantifies the disproportionate burden on black and Hispanic Americans from air pollution caused mainly by white Americans’ consumption of goods and services. This is the significance of the study from the authors: “Racial–ethnic disparities in pollution exposure and in consumption […]

    Mar 25, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro

    Tools & Resources, Health Equity & Social Justice, HIV, STI, & Viral Hepatitis

    Indian Health Surveillance Report — Sexually Transmitted Diseases 2015

    The Indian Health Service (IHS) National STD program and the IHS Division of Epidemiology and Disease Prevention have released the Indian Health Surveillance Report — Sexually Transmitted Diseases 2015. The report presents statistics and trends for sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) among American Indians and Alaska Natives (AI/AN) in the United States and represents a unique […]

    Feb 11, 2019 | Kim Rodgers

    HIV, STI, & Viral Hepatitis

    CDC: 2017 HIV Surveillance Report

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published the 2017 HIV Surveillance Report, which presents data on numbers and rates of diagnoses of HIV infection that occurred through December 31, 2017.  All data were reported to CDC through June 2018. This year’s report has been expanded to include four additional tables that provide six years […]

    Nov 19, 2018 | Kim Rodgers

    Health Equity & Social Justice, Maternal, Child, & Adolescent Health, Policy

    The Effect of Parental Incarceration on Children’s Health: Lessons Learned from a Health Impact Assessment

    By: Judi Jennings, Special Project Director, Louisville, KY The Special Project recently completed a health impact assessment (HIA) demonstrating how public health leaders, artists and criminal justice reformers can work together to assess how parental incarceration harms children’s health. The HIA and health equity framework proved to be important tools for proposed policy change; art and...

    Sep 21, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro

    HIV, STI, & Viral Hepatitis

    Hepatitis Awareness Month 2018: #JustB Patient Storytelling Project

    Hepatitis Awareness Month is a month-long, worldwide campaign dedicated to raising awareness of viral hepatitis and encouraging people across the country to get tested and vaccinated. This week, we’re sharing some information and resources about the hepatitis B virus. What is Hepatitis B? Hepatitis B is the most common serious liver infection in the world […]

    May 22, 2018 | Sarah Getachew

    Funding Opportunity, Press Release, Chronic Disease, Health in All Policies

    CDC Funding Opportunity: Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health

    CDC’s Division for Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity (DNPAO) announces the availability of Fiscal Year 2018 funds to implement CDC-RFA-DP18-1813: Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health (REACH). This 5-year program will improve health, prevent chronic diseases, and reduce health disparities among racial and ethnic populations with the highest risk, or burden, of chronic disease,...

    May 14, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro

    All of Us, Health & Disability

    National Minority Health Month: The Double Burden for Minorities with Disabilities

    By Kirsten Donato, NACCHO Health and Disability Fellow In April, organizations and people across the United States are bringing awareness to National Minority Health Month. NACCHO recognizes the challenges in minority health, especially as inequities continue to increase. Racial and ethnic minorities already face adverse circumstances, but minorities with disabilities experience additional...

    Apr 18, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro

    Video: The Intersection of Black Lives Matter and Public Health

    The Center for Learning and Innovation at the San Francisco Department of Public Health (SFDPH) recently published a video on “The Intersection of Black Lives Matter and Public Health.” Public health professionals have seen disparities in health outcomes along racial and ethnic lines for decades. Data point to disparities in life expectancy, rates of new HIV […]

    Oct 03, 2017 | Kim Rodgers

    CDC Report: Burden of TB in the United States, 2015

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently released Burden of TB in the United States, 2015. The report shares findings from surveillance data and found that, for the first time in 23 years, the number of tuberculosis (TB) cases in the U.S. increased in 2015. Below are some other highlights from the report: 9,557 cases […]

    Jan 03, 2017 | Kim Rodgers

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