The Global HIV/AIDS Epidemic
Fact sheet provides updated statistics and information on global HIV/AIDs response, global prevalence, vulnerable populations, prevention and treatment, global goals set by WHO and the UN, and U.S. government efforts. (Source: PHPartners.org)
Source: PHPartners.org - August 21, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

When Regulations Block Access to Oral Health Care, Children at Risk Suffer
This brief describes a range of state-based regulations or policies that either limit or prohibit dental hygienists from sealing children ' s teeth at school, or create financial burdens that work against the expansion of school sealant programs. (Source: PHPartners.org)
Source: PHPartners.org - August 21, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

Texting/emailing while driving among high school students in 35 states, United States, 2015
This study used 2015 data to explore individual and state-level factors associated with texting while driving among teen drivers (14-18 years of age) in the United States. (Source: PHPartners.org)
Source: PHPartners.org - August 21, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

Breastfeeding Report Card: United States, 2018
To track our nation ' s progress on achieving the Healthy People 2020 goals, CDC ' s 2018 Breastfeeding Report Card provides a compilation of data on breastfeeding practices and supports in all states, the District of Columbia (DC), Puerto Rico, Guam, and the US Virgin Islands. (Source: PHPartners.org)
Source: PHPartners.org - August 20, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

To Improve Health Disparities, Focus on Oral Health
A team from our Clinical Scholars program believes that addressing oral health disparities can improve overall health and well-being, and help end cycles of poverty. They are bringing oral health to the community through school clinics, an app and an oral health protocol development for nurses, physicians, dentists and dental hygienists. (Source: PHPartners.org)
Source: PHPartners.org - August 17, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

Readiness for Responding to a Severe Pandemic 100 Years After 1918
Article assesses public health and health care readiness for the 1918 influenza outbreak and looks at developments in the last 100 years that have improved readiness for a pandemic. (Source: PHPartners.org)
Source: PHPartners.org - August 17, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

Best Practices for Participant and Stakeholder Engagement in the All of Us Research Program
Report identifies six best practices for engagement in theAll of Us program: expanding community partnerships, fostering a spectrum of leadership, engaging a mix of study champions, making precision medicine relevant to communities, building a diverse engagement team, and preparing to talk about uncertainties related to the study. (Source: PHPartners.org)
Source: PHPartners.org - August 17, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

Town Hall: Pesticides and Health - What We Need to Know
August 29, 2018 5:30-7:00pm ET; Gainesville, FL or via webcast. (Source: PHPartners.org)
Source: PHPartners.org - August 17, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

The Junior Disease Detectives: Operation Outbreak Graphic Novel
CDC has partnered with the USDA and 4-H to develop " The Junior Disease Detectives: Operation Outbreak, " a graphic novel intended to educate youth audiences about variant flu and the real disease detective work conducted by public and animal health experts when outbreaks of infectious diseases occur. Site includes educational activities for classroom use. (Source: PHPartners.org)
Source: PHPartners.org - August 17, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

Using Real-time Prescription and Insurance Claims Data to Support the HIV Care Continuum
The purpose of this research project is to use medical and pharmacy claims data in real-time to: 1) identify HIV-infected patients who have stopped filling anti-retroviral (ARV) prescriptions and to target these individuals for adherence and retention intervention(s) (Category A); and 2) identify persons living with HIV (including pregnant women) and to ensure these individuals are receiving ARV therapy - Medical and Pharmacy Claims (Category B). (Source: PHPartners.org)
Source: PHPartners.org - August 16, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

Airport Public Health Preparedness and Response: Legal Rights, Powers, and Duties
Report addresses the legal issues concerning the measures to detect communicable diseases, regulations to control communicable diseases, methods for decontamination, emergency legal preparedness, privacy, and potential sources of liability; and provides a checklist that airport attorneys and other staff can use to help prepare, plan, and coordinate with their partners in response to a threat of a communicable disease. (Source: PHPartners.org)
Source: PHPartners.org - August 16, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

Prevalence of Five Health-Related Behaviors for Chronic Disease Prevention Among Sexual and Gender Minority Adults - 25 U.S. States and Guam, 2016
Study examined five health behaviors (physical activity, smoking, alcohol, normal body weight, and sufficient daily sleep) in LGBT persons using the BRFSS survey. (Source: PHPartners.org)
Source: PHPartners.org - August 16, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

Contraceptive Use Among Women at Risk for Unintended Pregnancy in the Context of Public Health Emergencies - United States, 2016
Data collected from the BRFSS was used to determine contraceptive use among women of childbearing age. (Source: PHPartners.org)
Source: PHPartners.org - August 16, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

Health Justice for People Experiencing Homelessness: Confronting the U.S. Public Sanitation and Hygiene Crisis (July 2018)
Issue brief provides a menu of legal and policy opportunities to advance equitable access and health justice for people experiencing homelessness. (Source: PHPartners.org)
Source: PHPartners.org - August 16, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

Sync 2019
April 14-16, 2019; Washington, DC. (Source: PHPartners.org)
Source: PHPartners.org - August 16, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news