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April 2008

Advances

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, March 2008

• RWJF-Sponsored Issue of Health Affairs Focuses on Disparities

• Winners Announced in Global Competition to Get Kids Moving

• Sports4Kids Named Top "Changemaker" by Nike, Ashoka

• Working to Transform the Lives of a Generation of Young Men

• Seventeen Grants Awarded to Measure Health Care Equity and Patient-Centered Care

• Bridging the Gap Researchers Examine Local Agency Involvement in Drug Policy and Prevention Efforts

• A Reflection on Philanthropic Leadership

Alliance

Western Washington Area Health Education Center, Winter 2008

• "Creating thriving rural workforce, health system, and community"

• 6th NW Regional critical access hospital conference: March 19, 2008

• 21st NW Regional rural health conference: March 20-21, 2008

• New Resources

• Dungeness Valley Health & Wellness Clinic: Six years of community contribution

• Rural outreach in nursing education (RONE)

• 2007 Project HOPE intern organizes University of Washington Medical Brigade

• Office of Community & Rural Health's Kathy McVay elected Mayor of Fircrest, Washington

• Volunteer retired providers program reorganized to be faster, sleeker, more efficient

• Global impact opportunity

Elaborations

Department of Health

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

EpiLog

Public Health Seattle & King County

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

American Public Health Association, March 2008

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

Nation

• For youth, global climate change is about action, not debate: Children vulnerable to climate effects

• President's 2009 budget plan would set health programs back: CDC, HRSA targets

• Health workers urged to tackle low adult immunization rates: Adults lacking vaccination awareness

• CDC: School-based homicides on the decline in recent years

• CDC gathering family stories to illustrate U.S. flu pandemic history

• Community health centers can adopt performance standards

• Children’s dental health still often overlooked, neglected

• Preparedness research should focus on training, effectiveness

• EPA calls on Americans to recycle their old cell phones

• Check your emergency stockpiles as you set your clocks, APHA advises

• Nation in brief

 State/Local

• Atlanta-based health program reaching youth through music

• States in brief

 Globe

• Millions of children die before age 5 from preventable causes

• Nutrition tied to more than one-third of child deaths

• Federation of public health associations to focus on work force issues: New grant awarded

• Globe in brief

 General

• Use of oral contraceptives linked to a lower risk of ovarian cancer

• Intimate partner violence screening tool effective in pediatric settings

• 'Unnatural Causes’ film series on health disparities airs this month

• Corrections and clarifications to The Nation’s Health

 Healthy You

• Make healthy teeth a lifelong habit

 Health Findings

APHA News

• 2008 National Public Health Week observance is April 7–13

• APHA helps gain court victory for women’s reproductive health care

• APHA soliciting nominations for new peace award

• APHA Advocates

 Affiliates

• North Carolina Affiliate gains strength from new infrastructure

• Capacity-building grants move APHA Affiliate efforts forward

• Illinois Affiliate joins fight to prevent cervical cancer

• History of Committee on Affiliates to be documented

 Journal Watch

President's Column

• Injury: It’s a growing public health problem, not an accident

 Letters

Job Openings

Web Exclusive

• Cell phones significantly impairs drivers

• Too much fructose could leave dieters sugar shocked

• Thin bones seen in boys with autism

• Studies highlight MRSA evolution and resilience

• Delayed adoption of new treatments in developing world costs lives

• Study examines heart risks of ADHD stimulants in children

• Broccoli may help boost the aging immune system

• Scientists successfully treat new mouse model of inflammatory bowel disease

• Cheap, reusable material could facilitate capture of carbon dioxide from power plants

• Cognitive health improving among older Americans

• Women more likely to work during pregnancy

• Smoking is major risk factor for stroke in China

Newsmakers

Resources

NewsBrief

National Association of Local Boards of Health

State Health Notes
Forum for State Health Policy Leadership, Volume 29, Issue 512, March 31, 2008

State News

• The greening of landfills: protecting public health by recycling e-waste

• Pennsylvania considers drawing on its malpractice fund to help pay for expanded coverage

• Shortage in public health workforce imperils states’ ability to respond to disasters

Highlights

• MD. considers expanding access for kids…Ariz. mandates autism coverage…Wash. passes toughest toy content law…Random drug testing in Wash.

Graphically speaking

• World Health Organization’s rankings of health systems criticized as unfair.

State Health Notes
Forum for State Health Policy Leadership, Volume , Issue 511, March 17, 2008

State News

• Legislators hope to put drowsy drivers to rest

• Screening for MRSA: Only time will tell

• The "Medical Home" gets updated

Highlights

• OR lottery decides who gets insurance…NJ mandates paid family leave…Adolescent drivers and their passengers at risk

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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