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Don't miss these two insightful sessions today at APHA 2024. Start your morning with a crash course on social media campaigns to strengthen public health communications, then learn how Coalition of Communities of Color centers community data in its environmental justice and health justice efforts. #APHA #APHA2024 #data #EnvironmentalJustice #HealthEquity #HealthJustice #SocialMedia #HealthCommunications

It's Disrupt day! Check out the schedule of sessions, which bring together leaders across disciplines to ask the questions that others won't, provoke thoughtful discussion, and drive solutions to transform our nation's health. You'll learn about: -Empathetic communication -Data justice -Business partnerships -Policy change -Community-centered approaches #APHA #APHA2024 #communication #data #HealthEquity #partnerships #policy #PublicHealth

What's in store for day 2 of APHA 2024? de Beaumont senior program officer Katy Evans, PhD leads a discussion on how public-private partnerships can address the health effects of climate change, with learnings from de Beaumont's investments in the Health Action Alliance and Innovative, Multi-Sector Partnerships for Community Transformation (IMPACT) in Public Health. (2:30-4pm, Room 101I) Later, join a panel of public health experts including de Beaumont President and CEO Brian C. Castrucci, DrPH, MA for excerpts from The Invisible Shield documentary and conversation. (4:30-6pm, Exhibit Hall E) #APHA #APHA2024 #partnerships #ProfessionalDevelopment #PublicHealth

So far today, two more NFL players have left games with concussions. On Forbes.com, Brian C. Castrucci, DrPH, MA wrote about the risk of head injuries at all levels of contact sports.

Day 1 of APHA 2024, let's go! 🎉 Don't miss Shelley Hearne's book signing for Strategic Skills for Public Health Practice: Policy Engagement at 1 pm in the Exhibit Hall. de Beaumont senior program officer Katy Evans, PhD and senior program associate Cassandra Allen, MPH will discuss the role of community engagement in effective communications, featuring insights from the Public Health Communications Collaborative Academy's training series. Happening at 5 pm in the Hilton Symphony Ballroom 2. #APHA #APHA2024 #communications #CommunityEngagement #policy #PolicyEngagement #ProfessionalDevelopment

The American Public Health Association 2024 Annual Meeting is just days away! New this year, Disrupt is a full day of sessions that bring together leaders across disciplines to ask tough questions, provoke thoughtful discussion, and drive solutions to transform our nation’s health. In this video, de Beaumont president and CEO Brian C. Castrucci, DrPH, MA shares what it means to be disruptive in public health. Explore the sessions and add them to your schedule today! https://lnkd.in/dPf44x9Y #PublicHealth #APHA2024

📖 Strategic Skills for Public Health Practice: Systems and Strategic Thinking is out now from the American Public Health Association and de Beaumont! Read author Michael Fraser's piece on why public health professionals need to approach their work through a systems and strategic thinking lens to effect meaningful change: https://bit.ly/4fd6s0y Ready to dive in? Get your copy from APHA Press and use the code "Book Month" through Oct. 31 to receive a 10% discount: https://bit.ly/48gBMtf #book #books #NationalBookMonth #NewBook #SystemsChange #SystemsThinking #StrategicThinking

🎉NEW: The Public Health Communicators Guide to Misinformation. Developed with our partners at the Infodemiology Training Program—a project by The Public Good Projects—this guide was designed to take some of the guesswork out of how we, as #PublicHealth communicators, can identify misinformation in public health, assess the risk, and determine a response. Download the misinformation guide: https://lnkd.in/e2yNKEWC

APHA 2024 attendees: What does it mean to be disruptive in public health? What new approaches have the potential to transform the health of communities? Find out at Disrupt, taking place at APHA next Tuesday, October 29. Organized by de Beaumont, Disrupt is a full day of sessions that bring together leaders across disciplines to ask tough questions, provoke thoughtful discussion, and drive solutions. Key themes include empathy in communication, data justice, engaging with business, policy as medicine, and community-centered partnerships. Read more and add them to your schedule: https://lnkd.in/dPf44x9Y #APHA #APHA2024 #PublicHealth #HealthCommunication #HealthEquity #CommunityHealth American Public Health Association The BUILD Health Challenge CityHealth

Do you know the difference between health literacy and public health literacy? "Whereas health literacy concerns how people comprehend and use information to inform their personal health decisions, public health literacy goes further upstream, concerning how people comprehend and use information to act on public health decisions that affect the community," program and research associate Emma Dewhurst explains. Read her new blog post to learn why understanding this important distinction matters for the health and well-being of communities: https://bit.ly/4fdbaM0 #communication #HealthCommunication #HealthLiteracy #HealthLiteracyMonth #PublicHealth #PublicHealthLiteracy