Tobacco Use Cessation Recommendations
A listing of published and in progress recommendations from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force on tobacco use cessation. (Source: PHPartners.org)
Source: PHPartners.org - July 13, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
PARiHS framework for implementing research into practice
Framework provides a way to implement research into practice. With case studies of teams implementing evidence, it examines the interactions between three key elements for knowledge translation. Three factors determine research use: Evidence (E), Context (C), and Facilitation (F) (Source: PHPartners.org)
Source: PHPartners.org - July 13, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Six Ways to Employ Health Information Exchanges to Address Social Determinants of Health
Blog post highlights various approaches for utilizing health information exchange to address social needs: real-time public health surveillance, hotspotting, social needs screening/assessment, community services referrals, risk analysis, and data-informed policymaking. (Source: PHPartners.org)
Source: PHPartners.org - July 12, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Accreditation Coordinator Handbook for Public Health Department Initial Accreditation (July 2018)
Handbook provides a description of the responsibilities and skills necessary for a health department ' s Accreditation Coordinator to be successful in her or his role. It describes the accreditation process and roles of the Coordinator for each step of the process, and includes information about resources to supplement their knowledge and skills on specific elements of the accreditation process. (Source: PHPartners.org)
Source: PHPartners.org - July 12, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Attempts to Lose Weight Among Adults in the United States, 2013-2016
This report describes the percentage of U.S. adults who tried to lose weight in the past year by sex, age, race and Hispanic origin, family income, and weight status, based on data collected in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) from 2013-2016. (Source: PHPartners.org)
Source: PHPartners.org - July 12, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Strategies to Ensure Rapid Response to Emerging Agricultural Health Threats
August 8, 2018 11:00am-12:00pm ET. (Source: PHPartners.org)
Source: PHPartners.org - July 12, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Dietary Supplement Label Database: Advanced Search and Data Download
September 13, 2018 2:00-3:00pm ET. (Source: PHPartners.org)
Source: PHPartners.org - July 12, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
HIV Conference Abstracts
A searchable database of abstracts from HIV conferences. Users can search the database by abstract title, abstract text, or author, and can filter the search results by conference name and conference year. (Source: PHPartners.org)
Source: PHPartners.org - July 12, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Rising Numbers of Deaths Involving Fentanyl and Fentanyl Analogs, Including Carfentanil, and Increased Usage and Mixing with Non-opioids
This Health Alert Network (HAN) Update is to alert public health departments, health care professionals, first responders, and medical examiners and coroners to important new developments in the evolving opioid overdose epidemic, which increasingly involves illicitly manufactured fentanyl and an array of potent fentanyl analogs (i.e., compounds that are chemically related to fentanyl). (Source: PHPartners.org)
Source: PHPartners.org - July 11, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Society for Nutrition Education and Behavior 51st Annual Conference
July 21-24, 2018; Minneapolis, MN. (Source: PHPartners.org)
Source: PHPartners.org - July 11, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
America's Eating Habits: Food Away From Home
August 30, 2018 2:00-3:00pm ET. (Source: PHPartners.org)
Source: PHPartners.org - July 11, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Permanent Supportive Housing Evaluating the Evidence for Improving Health Outcomes Among People Experiencing Chronic Homelessness
Report focuses on the impact of permanent supportive housing (PSH) on health care outcomes and its cost-effectiveness and addresses policy and program barriers that affect the ability to bring the PSH and other housing models to scale to address housing and health care needs. (Source: PHPartners.org)
Source: PHPartners.org - July 10, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Case Studies and Supporting Content in Communication, Leadership, and Problem-solving for Population Health
Funding to develop training content that will consist of three high-quality sets of case study materials in communications, leadership, and problem solving as they relate to population health, building skills in multi-disciplinary collaboration and integration, effective communication, leadership, and problem-solving in the emerging population health context. (Source: PHPartners.org)
Source: PHPartners.org - July 10, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
The AHRQ National Guideline Clearinghouse (NGC, guideline.gov) Web site will not be available after July 16, 2018
Federal funding through AHRQ will no longer be available to support the NGC as of that date. (Source: PHPartners.org)
Source: PHPartners.org - July 10, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Call for Stories from City Leaders about Working at the Intersection of Climate and Health
The Health Impact Project is seeking stories from small- and medium-sized cities about effective approaches and barriers to implementing new policies or programs to address climate and health. The deadline to submit a letter of interest is July 20, 2018. (Source: PHPartners.org)
Source: PHPartners.org - July 10, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
