Barriers to and Facilitators of Pediatric Vaccination Reporting in Four US States, 2023
Am J Public Health. 2024 Apr 11:e1-e6. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2024.307638. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTIn a 2023 sequential explanatory mixed-methods study in four US states, we identified barriers and facilitators experienced by Vaccines for Children (VFC) program providers in reporting vaccination data to state immunization information systems (IISs). We found the following: VFC providers value accurate, robust, and widely used IISs. IIS reporting is easier with but does not require an electronic health record. Negative interactions with IISs and VFC officials and limited practice capacity are barriers to reporting. The COV...
Source: Am J Public Health - April 11, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Sara Israelsen-Hartley Nathan A Boucher Source Type: research

Excess Mortality as a Tool to Monitor the Evolution of Health Emergencies: Choices, Challenges, and Future Directions
Am J Public Health. 2024 Apr 11:e1-e4. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2024.307661. Online ahead of print.NO ABSTRACTPMID:38603664 | DOI:10.2105/AJPH.2024.307661 (Source: Am J Public Health)
Source: Am J Public Health - April 11, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Eugenio Paglino Andrew C Stokes Source Type: research

Building a New Generation of Public Health Leaders Forged in a Public Health Crisis
Am J Public Health. 2024 Apr 11:e1-e7. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2024.307633. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe COVID-19 pandemic presented wide-ranging leadership challenges to public health leaders and public health organizations. In its wake, as the necessity of reconstructing public health and modernizing the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is considered, we reviewed reports from the Commonwealth Fund and the CDC and other leadership-focused literature to identify common themes for a new generation of public health leaders. We posit that this new generation must have the ability to communicate (build and maint...
Source: Am J Public Health - April 11, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Susan C Helm-Murtagh Paul C Erwin Source Type: research

Barriers to and Facilitators of Pediatric Vaccination Reporting in Four US States, 2023
Am J Public Health. 2024 Apr 11:e1-e6. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2024.307638. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTIn a 2023 sequential explanatory mixed-methods study in four US states, we identified barriers and facilitators experienced by Vaccines for Children (VFC) program providers in reporting vaccination data to state immunization information systems (IISs). We found the following: VFC providers value accurate, robust, and widely used IISs. IIS reporting is easier with but does not require an electronic health record. Negative interactions with IISs and VFC officials and limited practice capacity are barriers to reporting. The COV...
Source: Am J Public Health - April 11, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Sara Israelsen-Hartley Nathan A Boucher Source Type: research

Excess Mortality as a Tool to Monitor the Evolution of Health Emergencies: Choices, Challenges, and Future Directions
Am J Public Health. 2024 Apr 11:e1-e4. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2024.307661. Online ahead of print.NO ABSTRACTPMID:38603664 | DOI:10.2105/AJPH.2024.307661 (Source: Am J Public Health)
Source: Am J Public Health - April 11, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Eugenio Paglino Andrew C Stokes Source Type: research

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Am J Public Health. 2024 May;114(5):449-450. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2024.114.5.449-450.NO ABSTRACTPMID:38598756 | DOI:10.2105/AJPH.2024.114.5.449-450 (Source: Am J Public Health)
Source: Am J Public Health - April 10, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

Thirty-Six Years After the 1988 IOM < em > Future of Public Health < /em > : Stop Ruminating and Start Taking Action
Am J Public Health. 2024 May;114(5):486-488. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2024.307634.NO ABSTRACTPMID:38598757 | DOI:10.2105/AJPH.2024.307634 (Source: Am J Public Health)
Source: Am J Public Health - April 10, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Angela K McGowan Stephen Greeley Rya Griffis Susan L Polan Source Type: research

Trajectories of Mental Distress Among US Women by Sexual Orientation and Racialized Group During the First Year of the COVID-19 Pandemic
Conclusions. The COVID-19 pandemic may have exacerbated already-glaring mental health inequities affecting sexual minority women, especially those belonging to marginalized racialized groups. Future research should investigate structural drivers of these patterns to inform policy-oriented interventions. (Am J Public Health. 2024;114(5):511-522. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2024.307601).PMID:38598758 | DOI:10.2105/AJPH.2024.307601 (Source: Am J Public Health)
Source: Am J Public Health - April 10, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Ariel L Beccia Dougie Zubizarreta S Bryn Austin Julia R Raifman Jorge E Chavarro Brittany M Charlton Source Type: research

Our Public Health Workforce, Our Future: A Public Health of Consequence, May 2024
Am J Public Health. 2024 May;114(5):461-462. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2024.307644.NO ABSTRACTPMID:38598759 | DOI:10.2105/AJPH.2024.307644 (Source: Am J Public Health)
Source: Am J Public Health - April 10, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Farzana Kapadia Source Type: research

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Am J Public Health. 2024 May;114(5):536. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2024.114.5.536.NO ABSTRACTPMID:38598760 | DOI:10.2105/AJPH.2024.114.5.536 (Source: Am J Public Health)
Source: Am J Public Health - April 10, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

The < em > AJPH < /em > Special Section on < em > The Future of Public Health < /em >
Am J Public Health. 2024 May;114(5):453-454. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2024.307639.NO ABSTRACTPMID:38598761 | DOI:10.2105/AJPH.2024.307639 (Source: Am J Public Health)
Source: Am J Public Health - April 10, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Paul C Erwin Source Type: research

Is Law Enforcement Support the Missing Key to Thriving Syringe Service Programs in US Rural Areas?
Am J Public Health. 2024 May;114(5):458-460. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2024.307647.NO ABSTRACTPMID:38598762 | DOI:10.2105/AJPH.2024.307647 (Source: Am J Public Health)
Source: Am J Public Health - April 10, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Stephen M Davis Alfgeir L Kristjansson Source Type: research

Gender Identity and Ethnoracial Disparities in Conversion Effort Exposure
Am J Public Health. 2024 May;114(5):455-457. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2024.307630.NO ABSTRACTPMID:38598764 | DOI:10.2105/AJPH.2024.307630 (Source: Am J Public Health)
Source: Am J Public Health - April 10, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Jack L Turban Chase T M Anderson Joanne Spetz Source Type: research

Revisiting the IOM Reports and Envisioning a Promising Future for Public Health
Am J Public Health. 2024 May;114(5):495-500. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2024.307584.ABSTRACTTwo public health reports from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine published in 1988 and 2003 by the Institute of Medicine continue to resonate. The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the need for a robust and adequately funded public health system that has political and public support as well as strong connections to health care and other sectors. However, a spate of recent assessments of the nation's public health infrastructure shows continuing gaps in funding, workforce, capacity, and other dimensions. There are reas...
Source: Am J Public Health - April 10, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Alina B Baciu Rose Marie Martinez Source Type: research

Celebrating 35 Years of Progress: The Past as Prologue to < em > The Future of Public Health < /em >
Am J Public Health. 2024 May;114(5):467-470. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2023.307520.NO ABSTRACTPMID:38598766 | DOI:10.2105/AJPH.2023.307520 (Source: Am J Public Health)
Source: Am J Public Health - April 10, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Hugh H Tilson Source Type: research