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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 22, 2023
Poll: Americans Strongly Support Health Departments and Services
Americans are more familiar with and supportive of their local health officials than at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, […]
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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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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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April 8, 2022
A Public Health Approach to Children’s Mental WellnessÂ
In his State of the Union Address on March 1, 2022, President Biden spoke of the country’s unprecedented mental health […]
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February 24, 2022
Health Is Always on the Ballot
The U.S. suffers from consistently low rates of voter turnout. In years with presidential elections, the participation rate hovers around […]
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December 16, 2021
Talking With Aysha Pamukcu: The Civil Rights of Health
The de Beaumont Foundation’s Speaker Series highlights leaders in public health practice, advocacy, policymaking, and other related fields. Public health […]
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December 13, 2021
Healing Through Policy: A Guide for Public Health Agencies
Since 2018, more than 200 US states and localities have declared racism a public health crisis through resolutions, executive orders, […]
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October 15, 2021
Learning to Center a ‘Lived Experience’ in Community Research
This article is the fourth in the 2021 Fresh Perspectives series, presented by the de Beaumont Foundation. Published in the […]
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October 13, 2021
de Beaumont Foundation Announces Launch of Public Health Under Siege: Improving Policy in Turbulent Times
With decades of budget cuts, unprecedented harassment of public health professionals, and rising anti-science sentiment, the public health infrastructure in […]
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October 6, 2021
New Healing Through Policy Initiative Fosters Racial Justice
This article is the third the 2021 Fresh Perspectives series, presented by the de Beaumont Foundation. Published in the weeks […]
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September 1, 2021
Overcoming COVID-19 calls for commitment to compassion, community
This article launches the 2021 Fresh Perspectives series, presented by the de Beaumont Foundation. Published in the weeks leading up […]