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November 30, 2022

New Data-based Insights on the Public Health Workforce Reflect Pandemic’s Impact and a Focus on Health Eq...

The COVID-19 pandemic and its response have indelibly altered governmental public health departments in the United States, resulting in new […]

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November 17, 2022

New Interactive Implementation Guide Supports Health Departments in Applying Policy Recommendations

Last December, the de Beaumont Foundation joined the Bipartisan Policy Center and eight leading public health organizations to release Public […]

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November 10, 2022

APHA 2022: Relive the Highlights

We attended dozens of scientific presentations and workshops, networked with hundreds of fellow public health champions, and gave out more […]

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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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