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The Nation's Health

Improving health of American Indians and Alaska Natives: Q&A with IHS Director Michael Weahkee

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July 15, 2020

"We unfortunately have had suicide clusters in many of our tribal communities. Many of those have been attributed to historical trauma. Indian people were forced onto reservations, forced assimilation, required to go to boarding schools."

The Nation's Health

Experts fear suicide, deaths of despair will rise in wake of COVID-19

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July 10, 2020

“It is as if COVID has come in as a multiplier of social, economic factors that are making deaths of despair even worse,” said Benjamin Miller, PsyD

The Nation's Health

Federal funding for gun violence prevention research sparks hopes

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Mark Barna

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May 20, 2020

The challenge is formidable, as gun violence prevention overlaps public health, criminal justice, public safety, deaths of despair, intimate partner relationships, workplace conflicts and more.

The Nation's Health

US hospitals stepping up to end violence among youth

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Mark Barna

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February 07, 2020

“Violence is a preventative health issue that we can treat with the traditional health system and public health approaches."

Annual Meeting

When nature doesn't nurture

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Mark Barna

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November 06, 2019

Researchers talk about how the environment can contribute to disease risks.

Annual Meeting

Healthy People ready for next decade

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Mark Barna

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November 06, 2019

Healthy People 2030 is set to launch March 31.

Annual Meeting / Climate Change

Lancet report on climate and health coming Nov. 13

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Mark Barna

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November 05, 2019

Evidence continues to show climate change is harming human health globally.

Annual Meeting

Let's get ethical

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Mark Barna

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November 05, 2019

Public health is getting a new code of ethics.

Annual Meeting

HHS Assistant Secretary Brett Giroir: ‘Transfer the current system into a health-promoting system’

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Mark Barna

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November 04, 2019

Annual Meeting attendees can catch Giroir at two sessions this afternoon.

uniformed woman talking about public health poster

Annual Meeting

Poster sessions: Helping underrepresented people through research

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Mark Barna

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November 03, 2019

During Sunday’s poster sessions at APHA’s 2019 Annual Meeting and Expo, scores of public health researchers were on hand to display and explain their evidence-based work.

Annual Meeting

National Student Meeting explores public health careers: ‘You can carve your own path’

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November 02, 2019

Knowing which career path to pursue after graduation can be a challenge. And that’s especially true for public health graduates, who have a vast number of career paths before them.