JPHMP Direct

Using the common term “community-based workforce” across HHS can encourage alignment and collaboration. As the environment for this public health and health care community-based workforce shifts, it will be important to understand the value and opportunities available to ensure long-term sustainability for this workforce to continue to advance health equity. Learn more in this new article in the Journal of Public Health Management and Practice: https://bit.ly/4db4UTY

Building a strong workforce begins in the recruitment and hiring phase. Check out our technical package in the new JPHMP Direct article!

Tackling health disparities in island communities requires a tailored approach. In 2022, ASTHO initiated a process with health agencies in the U.S. territories and freely associated states to create the Islands Health Equity Framework. The purpose of the framework is to create a shared understanding of how to move towards health equity in an island context. Explore how ASTHO’s Islands Health Equity Framework is making a difference from Karl Ensign, Julia Von Alexander, Alex Wheatley, and Neyling Fajardo in a new JPHMP Direct article. Access now: https://lnkd.in/gqRP-5U9. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Esther Lizama Muña, Ph.D., MHA, FACHE Justa E. Encarnacion RN, MBA, HCM #PublicHealth #HealthEquity #IslandHealth

New in JPHMP Direct: Continued state and federal investments for health information technology resources in rural areas are necessary to support the improvement of population health and the reduction of health disparities. https://bit.ly/3LxQBNc

Check out our article published in JPHMP Direct, which documents challenges the Prince George’s County Health Department encountered trying to increase access to cardiac rehabilitation services, and our efforts to resolve them. It provides recommendations for decision-makers seeking to make cardiac rehab programs more accessible. https://bit.ly/3SgPPba Awesome work by an awesome team! Ernest Carter MD PhD Laurine Thomas Twarnisha Stokes Priscilla (Flowers) Thomas MS RN RDN CDCES CCM Judy Lichty-Hess, BS, MPH Augustine Amuta Hossein Zare Darrell Gaskin

Health care workers encounter the #HPV virus in a myriad of fields and procedures. This mixed-methods study by Ann Marie Mercer, et al demonstrated that at-risk health care workers feel uninformed about their risk of HPV exposure in the workplace, availability of HPV vaccination, and appropriate protective equipment recommendations. Read the article in the Journal of Public Health Management and Practice / @JPHMPDirect: https://bit.ly/46eEs9s

Treating patients with uncontrolled hypertension is a powerful intervention for reducing the risk of heart attack and stroke. CCALAC partnered with Los Angeles County Department of Public Health to assess the practices and attitudes of our health center membership as they relate to the use of algorithmic logic to identify and get patients with undiagnosed hypertension connected to care. Read more about the study in the latest edition of JPHMP Direct. CCALAC team members Matt Moyer, Gerardo Cruz and Sarine Pogosyan contributed. https://bit.ly/3WcUaxr #ValueCHCs #CommunityHealth

The focus of this case study is the delayed diagnosis of a perinatal HIV transmission, which was identified when the infant reached 4 months of age, and the social conditions and structural determinants that contributed to the increased transmission risk. Despite adhering to the diagnostic testing protocols and neonatal antiretroviral (ARV) guidelines of the New York State Department of Health, this transmission still occurred. This transmission event prompted a reevaluation of the HIV testing and treatment protocols, including the timing of testing. Read the article by Thomas J. O'Grady et al in the Journal of Public Health Management and Practice: https://bit.ly/46ieSk1

Hypertension is a leading risk factor in #cardiovasculardisease (CVD) with the highest national rates in southeastern and Appalachian counties. To reduce #hypertension health disparities and CVD risk, the Kentucky Department for Public Health Heart Disease and Stroke Program designed, implemented, and continuously evaluated the Cardiovascular Assessment Risk Reduction and Education Self-Measured Blood Pressure (CARE SMBP) program in rural and Appalachian Kentucky. Read the article by Karen E. Cinnamond et al in a special issue of the Journal of Public Health Management and Practice: https://bit.ly/4cR45zU

"[T]he Crumbley case is a wake-up call about the urgent need for a comprehensive public health approach to gun violence that recognizes the critical role of guns, mental health, and parental responsibility. Policymakers should heed the science and take decisive action. The convictions may not dramatically change the legal landscape on their own, but the issues they raise—around gun access, mental health, and parental accountability—must be central to any serious violence prevention strategy going forward." Read Y. Tony Yang's new commentary in the Journal of Public Health Management and Practice JPHMP Direct: https://bit.ly/46dz4DN