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Community Health Workers and the Heart of Public Health

Population Health and Prevention,
Healthcare Access,
Community Health Workers,
Partnership,
Funding,
Health Equity,
Race and Public Health,
Leadership and Workforce Development,
Infectious Disease,
COVID-19,
COVID and Workforce,
Blog,
People of Public Health,
Public Health Workforce,
Marcus Plescia

Over the years evidence has expanded on community health workers (CHWs) improving outcomes and even reducing disparities in heart disease and many other public health priority areas. However, their presence in state and local public health ...

Telehealth Expands to Frontier Country

Podcast,
Health Equity,
Tribal Health,
Rural Health,
Population Health and Prevention,
Healthcare Access,
Telehealth,
Partnership,
Alaska,
Robert Johnson,
Janice Gray,
Marcus Plescia,
Susan Highley Bailey,
Tara Ferguson-Gould

Telehealth plays a unique role in addressing access to care issues in rural and remote areas. This episode explores successful programs developed by the Eastern Aleutian Tribes and Alaska Department of Health and Human Services that serve ...

Vaccinating Children: The Final Step

Infectious Disease,
COVID-19,
COVID Vaccine,
COVID and Special Populations,
Immunization,
Vaccine Distribution,
Population Health and Prevention,
Healthcare Access,
Social and Behavioral Health,
Women, Infant, and Family Health,
Partnership,
Blog,
Claire Hannan,
Marcus Plescia,
Infant and Child Health

As we anticipate the likely approval of COVID-19 vaccination for children, our nation faces the final step to bring the COVID-19 pandemic under control. If approved for children ages 5-11, the COVID-19 vaccine will dramatically improve our ...