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December 20, 2024

Talking With Keshia Pollack Porter: Promoting Health in All Policies

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

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June 17, 2024

Poll: Most Americans Think Key COVID Policies Were a Good Idea

The public health toolbox of pandemic mitigation measures may not be closed as many people might assume, according to findings […]

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February 2, 2024

How Health Departments Can Promote a Healthy, Inclusive Democracy

Research shows that a civically engaged community is a healthy community—one that withstands economic downturns, has lower unemployment rates, and […]

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August 8, 2023

We Can Do This: New Book Policy Engagement is a Field Guide for Public Health

Shaping systems and policies is critical to improving people’s health; and influencing health outcomes requires understanding the inner workings of […]

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April 13, 2023

15 Communities to Advance Policies Supporting Racial Healing and Public Health

Fifteen cities and counties across the United States have been selected to participate in a Community of Practice and focused […]

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December 15, 2022

Advocating for a Robust Public Health Workforce

For the first time in New York State history, the Commissioner of Health in late 2022 declared 3 co-occurring statewide […]

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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 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 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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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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April 20, 2022

Talking With Corianne Payton Scally: Racial Justice in Philanthropy

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

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