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How do you effect change and advance health equity locally? I look forward to exploring this question with Dr. Cecile Pierre and Senator Liz Miranda Wednesday morning at RCC.    This discussion, presented by the Health Equity Compact, will focus on the current workforce crisis, policy solutions, and collaboration!

This year's National Minority Health Month theme, Be the Source for Better Health: Improving Health Outcomes Through Our Cultures, Communities, and Connections, is about understanding how the unique environments, cultures, histories, and circumstances (known as social drivers of health, or SDOH) of racial and ethnic minority and AI/AN populations impact their overall health. Take action to improve health and wellbeing by addressing social drivers of health with this NQF resource: https://bit.ly/3wIxn3x

Abstract submissions are due this upcoming MONDAY October 16 for #IgnitingImpactTogether: Nurturing Collaborative Solutions! Join us for the 2024 Mom and Baby Action Network (M-BAN) Summit in Chicago, June 10-11. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/gdGUkirz We are currently accepting submissions for poster presentations, panel and individual presentations and workshops that advance maternal and infant health equity by addressing one or more of the five strategies of the National Equity Framework - Dismantling Racism & Unequal Treatment, Increasing Access to High Quality Health Care, Promoting Environmental Justice, Advancing Economic Opportunity, and Building Safe & Connected Communities.

🎥The #InvisibleShield examines how #PublicHealth makes modern life possible, but it is underfunded, undervalued and misunderstood putting our health at risk. “Public health saved your life today, and you didn’t even know it.” “this is about more than vaccines and checkups — it’s a collective effort across diverse disciplines to do more than any one group could achieve alone. After all, health is social — so our approach to it must be social, too.” “much of public health happens in the background of society. You may not spend every day thinking about community planning or the specifics of municipal water treatment, but these innovations are always at work. That’s what makes public health an underdog in the world of famous inventions: When things are good, you don’t have to think about it very much.” “But what happens when things aren’t good? That’s when researchers, public health experts and everyday people come together to solve problems as big as a pandemic.” PBS Bloomberg Philanthropies RadicalMedia https://lnkd.in/ebbbuhVG EUPHA - European Public Health Association The Association of Schools of Public Health in the European Region - ASPHER Society for Social Medicine & Population Health UK Faculty of Public Health Charlotte Marchandise Prof. Kevin Fenton CBE Robert Otok Dr Dorina Cadar

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📢 Exciting News Alert! Our latest e-newsletter is out, and it's packed with updates and stories you won't want to miss! 🌟 Dive into the latest news on #ViewFromHereWNC and the WNC Healthy Impact Community Health Survey, learn about upcoming events, and more! 🔗 https://conta.cc/3WvHaEG 👀 Don't miss out - click the link above to read now! #WeAreNCPublicHealth #WNC

In this new blog post, leaders with the Children's Health Alliance of Wisconsin and Medical College of Wisconsin dive deeper into how they are elevating voices of people with lived experiences to identify gaps in #oralhealth care in communities. https://ow.ly/gCOv50SxXGf

In this new blog post, leaders with the Children's Health Alliance of Wisconsin and Medical College of Wisconsin dive deeper into how they are elevating voices of people with lived experiences to identify gaps in #oralhealth care in communities. https://ow.ly/iHI750StJrh

Surveys of metropolitan health departments and community-based organizations reveal mistrust, silos, and insufficient shared decision making. Alice T. Chen and coauthors respond with six policy recommendations, including a call for dedicated funding for community partners and formalized roles for community-based organizations in public health decision making. "The authors of this article come from a variety of public health and community backgrounds and together witnessed the extraordinary capacity of CBOs and community health workers to lead public health efforts during the pandemic. When many public health efforts and messages on COVID-19 were met with mistrust and overshadowed by mis- and disinformation, community-led outreach efforts played an essential role." Read the full article: https://bit.ly/4eDaU9p

In this new blog post, leaders with the Children's Health Alliance of Wisconsin and Medical College of Wisconsin dive deeper into how they are elevating voices of people with lived experiences to identify gaps in #oralhealth care in communities. https://ow.ly/8x8x50SsQcP