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Annual Meeting
Bringing trauma-informed care to the dental chair
by
Melanie Padgett Powers
on
November 06, 2019
Annual Meeting session highlights ways oral health professionals can support patients.
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In Philly, effort to stop deadly overdoses wins first court battle
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Melanie Padgett Powers
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November 06, 2019
The fight to open the first safe injection site in the country may go to the U.S. Supreme Court.
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APHA Annual Meeting Monday General Session: ‘We need moonshots for public health, not just for cancer’
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Melanie Padgett Powers
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November 05, 2019
What's the value of prevention?
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In Pennsylvania, advocates work to reduce gun-related domestic violence
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Melanie Padgett Powers
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November 04, 2019
Over the past 10 years, 1,600 Pennsylvanians died due to domestic violence. And at least 49% of those deaths involved firearms.
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APHA’s new racism book a hit at APHA 2019
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Melanie Padgett Powers
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November 04, 2019
Three new books from APHA Press were featured at a popular Annual Meeting event.
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APHA 2019 volunteers bring the holiday cheer
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Melanie Padgett Powers
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November 03, 2019
Attendees do their part to give back to the APHA 2019 host city.
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APHA students get a lesson in local public health, are called to volunteer
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Melanie Padgett Powers
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November 02, 2019
Philadelphia may become the very first city in the country with a safe injection site.
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Public health workers challenged to partner with pharmacists to improve health
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Melanie Padgett Powers
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November 02, 2019
As frontline health care professionals, pharmacists can help their communities address pressing public health issues.
Annual Meeting
Programs highlight success of community-driven health education
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Melanie Padgett Powers
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November 14, 2018
Health education strategies aimed at changing individual behavior are still some of the most effective public health measures.
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Menstrual health receives little attention, lacks good research data
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Melanie Padgett Powers
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November 14, 2018
Women and girls in the U.S. and around the world are provided very little, if any, education and support about their menstrual cycles.
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Surveys show dentists support greater dental coverage for older Americans
by
Melanie Padgett Powers
on
November 14, 2018
The majority of dentists in the U.S. are willing to provide care to Medicare recipients if dental benefits were added to the Medicare program.
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'Building people power' is the path to health equity
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Melanie Padgett Powers
on
November 14, 2018
People’s power over themselves and their communities became the theme of a Tuesday afternoon Annual Meeting session on “Transforming Local Communities to Achieve Health Equity.”
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