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November 5, 2022

Talking with Jeanne Ayers and Gnora Gumanow: Strengthening Democracy for Better Health

The de Beaumont Foundation’s Speaker Series highlights leaders in public health practice, advocacy, policymaking, and other related fields. As far […]

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October 27, 2022

Are You Ready for APHA 2022?

In the U.S. public health sphere, fall means one thing: It’s time for the American Public Health Association’s Annual Meeting […]

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October 20, 2022

PH WINS: A Resource for Workforce Development

PH WINS is the only nationally representative source of data about the governmental public health workforce. The data includes demographics and […]

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October 4, 2022

Protecting Public Health in a Post-Roe World

I was always amazed that most people of my parents’ generation could give a detailed description of the moment they […]

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September 13, 2022

Talking Health: A New Way to Communicate About Public Health

The COVID-19 pandemic has magnified the critical need for health professionals to communicate clearly and effectively about what public health […]

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August 10, 2022

A Community-First Approach to Managing Pandemic Stimulus Funds

With the support of the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), the governmental public health workforce is experiencing one of its […]

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August 3, 2022

New Data and Dashboards: PH WINS Survey of Public Health Workers

Findings from the 2021 Public Health Workforce Interests and Needs Survey (PH WINS) provide a unique snapshot of the state […]

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August 2, 2022

The Public Health Workforce: Looking for a Diagnosis

The public health workforce is sick. Sick of being undervalued, sick of job insecurity, sick of lacking career development opportunities, […]

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July 21, 2022

MMWR Highlights PH WINS Data on Public Health Workforce

The state and local governmental public health workforce may see high turnover as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, according […]

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June 22, 2022

Introducing MADE for Health Justice, a New Initiative and Grant Opportunity

Across the country, communities are wrestling with how to identify and dismantle the root causes of health inequities, like structural […]

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June 20, 2022

In Virginia, a Reminder of the Threats to Anti-Racism Efforts

Juneteenth marks the formal end of slavery in the United States. But while the institution of slavery ended, its impacts […]

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June 17, 2022

Advancing Policy to Improve Public Health: APHA’s Policy Action Institute 2022

This week, public health practitioners from across the country gathered in Washington, DC, for the American Public Health Association’s (APHA) […]

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