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June 2008

Advances

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, May 2008

• Playing Games to Improve Health at the 2008 Games for Health Conference

• Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Commission to Hold First Field Hearing in North Carolina

• Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Childhood Obesity Update from Risa Lavizzo-Mourey

• Washington Post Launches "Young Lives at Risk"

• Smoking is Addictive, But Quitting is Contagious

• New Evidence Provides Clinicians With Better Tools to Help Smokers Quit

• Igniting Health Care Payment Reform

• Report Finds Food Safety System in Crisis

• CeaseFire: A Successful Model for Reducing Violence Among Young People

C.H.E.F and MissionWise eNews Update

CHEF and MissionWise, June 3, 2008

• MissionWise® Addresses Social Enterprise at the Washington State Nonprofit Conference

• C.H.E.F.® Elects Garcia to Board In Continued Effort to Eliminate Health Inequities

• MissionWise® Addresses Power of Public Policy Partnerships at Social Enterprise Summit

Elaborations

Department of Health, Vol. XIII, No. 4, June 2008

http://www.doh.wa.gov/hsqa/fsl/lqa_newsletters.htm

EpiLog

Public Health Seattle & King County, Vol. 48, No. 5, May 2008

http://www.metrokc.gov/health/epilog/

• Measles Outbreaks Continue Throughout the US, Including Washington State

• Temporary Unavailability of Rabies Vaccine for Pre-exposure Vaccination

• Travel Health Information for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, August 8-24, 2008

American Public Health Association, May 2008

http://www.apha.org/publications/tnh/

Nation

• Faith groups bring new voices to climate change discussion: Social justice, health are key messages

• Shortage of U.S. public health workers projected to worsen: About 250,000 new workers needed

• Genomics heralded as new tool for improving public health: Emerging science

• Advocates call for changes in injury data reporting: Improved e-coding could lead to more prevention techniques

• EPA’s smog standard a missed opportunity, advocates report

• Center trains community providers on state-of-the-art diabetes care

• Falls among elderly an ongoing, serious public health problem

• Power plant emissions up, as cleaner energy sought

• Hoping to inspire action, GAO adds U.S. Census to ‘at-risk’ list

• Immigrants not major factor in nation’s health insurance crisis

• Rise in foodborne illnesses from leafy vegetables tied to production

• Educational opportunities offered with ‘Unnatural Causes’ film series

• Nation in brief

State/Local

• States lack key laws that would offer protections on highways

• Chicago program brings health to area homeless: Providing stable housing proves successful tactic, study finds

• Tight state budgets put strain on critical public health programs

• States in brief

Globe

• Q&A with global health leader Mirta Roses Periago

• International forum tackles global public health work force shortages

• Globe in brief

General

• May 21 webcast to focus on treatment, signs of health care-associated MRSA

Healthy You

• Having fun should include protection from the sun

Health Findings

APHA News

• National Public Health Week 2008 kicks off: Nation marks ‘Climate Change: Our Health in the Balance’

• Registration opens this month for APHA’s 136th Annual Meeting

• Applicants sought for new round of APHA traffic safety program

• APHA Learning Institutes offer opportunities for continuing education

• APHA members propose new Association policies

• Association members vote to approve single APHA Bylaws in recent ballot

• APHA Advocates

APHA Sections

• APHA Sections, SPIGs announce nominees for 2008 leadership

Affiliates

• Idaho Affiliate offers health groups a home on the Internet

• Washington Affiliate works to protect kids in cars from smoking

• Study in Florida Affiliate journal receives global news attention

Journal Watch

• President's Column

• Emergency care systems: The safety net of safety nets

Letters

Job Openings

Web Exclusive

• Many Iraq and Afghanistan veterans suffer from major depression

• Alcohol abuse, post-traumatic stress disorder increase after Katrina

• Health disparities linked to physician practice resources

• Midwestern states receive least federal support for public health

• Smoking early in pregnancy raises risk of heart defects in newborns

• New county-level report shows disparities in stroke hospitalizations

• U.S. health care system needs major fix, health care leaders say

• Newly identified genetic variations may affect breast cancer risk

• Nearly 40 percent of world’s population lacks access to a proper toilet

• Social form of bullying linked to depression, anxiety in adults

• Lowering cholesterol, blood pressure may reverse atherosclerosis in adults with diabetes

• Training reduces serious pregnancy complications in Latin American hospitals

Newsmakers

Resources

NewsBrief

National Association of Local Boards of Health, Vol. 15, No. 3, 2nd Quarter 2008

DC Update

• HRSA Meetings

• Public Health Preparedness Workforce Act

• Support "Vaccines for Children" Legislation for Local Health Departments

• Partnership News: Public Health in Agriculture Policy

NALBOH News

• The Future of Public Health*--20 Years Later

• SALBOH Committee Meets in Bowling Green, OH

Board Governance

• Springtime and the NPHPSP

Community Health

• Is Lighting Up a Right or a Privilege?

• Congratulations to the Davis County (Utah) Board of Health

• Children Walk Through Their Favorite Stories

• 2008 Diabetes and Obesity Disparities in Healthcare Systems Conference

• Be Proud of Your Success!

• Protecting the Lives of Our Newborns

• FDA Regulation of Tobacco

Environmental Health

• Recreational Water Safety

• Design Your Own Experiences

• Where's the Beef (That's Safe to Eat)?

• Biodigesters: Are they the Answer?

Preparedness

• Congratulations to Kansas City Medical Reserve Corps!

• Are You Up to the Challenge?

• Help Wanted!

• On the Road Again

State Health Notes
Forum for State Health Policy Leadership, Vol. 29, No. 516, May 27, 2008

State News

• Iowa Takes an Incremental Approach to Universal Coverage

• More Churches Are Paying For Health-Care Services—States Wonder: Are These Groups Insurers?

• "Silver Alerts" Sound the Alarm When Certain Seniors Go Missing

Highlights

• Google provides online health records…Monitoring brain injuries in veterans…Treating autistic adults.

Graphically Speaking

• The number of Americans using health savings accounts has nearly doubled in the past two years with growth highest in the small group market.  Click here to see more.

State Health Notes
Forum for State Health Policy Leadership, Vol. 29, No. 515, May 12, 2008

State News

• The Guidance on SCHIP; States Wait, Watch and Hope

• Delaware Finds Wellness is Healthy for the Bottom Line

• Maryland Overhauls Medicaid Dental System

Highlights

• A Long-term care cost increases…NYC calorie count…D.C. needle exchange

Graphically Speaking

• More than 91,000 infants were the victims of maltreatment during their first year of life; a third suffered abuse or neglect during their first week of life: a first-ever study from the CDC.

Thrive!

Washington Health Foundation

http://www.whf.org/News/ThriveMagazine.aspx

WSMA Reports

Washington State Medical Association

Zoonotic Disease Newsletter

Washington State Department of Health

http://www.doh.wa.gov/ehp/ts/Zoo/zdnewsletter.html

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