In a time when public health is facing budget cuts and deep systemic challenges, advocacy […]
CHTI is wrapping up the calendar year with two great trainings in June, including “Dynamic […]
It is National Public Health Week (NPHW) and CHTI is celebrating! National Public Health Week […]
Hello! There is an upcoming event that offers a great opportunity to learn about harm […]
Join us in celebrating National Public Health Week! For today’s theme of Galvanizing Climate Justice, we took a look back at our February CHTI training, Building Resilient Communities. […]
Join us in celebrating National Public Health Week! Today’s National Public Health Week theme is Advancing Racial Equity. […]
Join us in celebrating National Public Health Week! Today’s National Public Health Week theme is Rebuilding. This blog takes a look at how the U.S. can move forward from the COVID-19 pandemic by building a more equitable and well-funded public health system.
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One silver lining of quarantine? All the extra reading time! This Fall, to celebrate the cooling weather, we’ve compiled a list of fiction, nonfiction, and children’s books for you to dive into. All these recs highlight the issues we care about, including racial equity, mental health, social justice, and more. We hope you enjoy one (or more!) of the books on this list, happy reading!
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In her book, Emergent Strategy, Adrienne Maree Brown prompts the reader to reflect on the role community plays in our ability, at baseline, to survive, and at best, to thrive. She asks, “do you understand that your quality of life and your survival are tied to how authentic and generous the connections are between you and the people and place you live with and in?” This is an idea that has taken on new meaning in the time of COVID-19.
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As public health workers, we wear many hats: community organizers, facilitators, content experts, and more. But as COVID19 has propelled us into a time of remote public health work, we wanted to take our hats off to the all the full time public health workers who are also full time parents. Read on for spotlight stories from parents at Health Resources in Action that outline the highlights and lessons learned from parenting in the time of COVID19.
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Today’s National Public Health Week theme is Environmental Health. This blog takes a look at the field of Environmental Health through an equity lens, highlighting the need for a more equitable system in the US that protects populations that have historically been marginalized and/or ignored, especially communities of color.
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Today’s theme for National Public Health Week is violence prevention. We asked our colleague, Natalie Penhale Johnson, to reflect on the work she is doing with the Gun Violence Prevention Training Center for Excellence, a project that is providing technical assistance and training to 10 grantee organizations that are tackling gun violence as a public health issue. […]
National Public Health Week continues with today’s blog on Maternal and Child Health. Guest writer Alexis Wing takes a closer look at the high rates of maternal mortality in the United States, and the glaring racial inequities reflected by the data.
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In honor of National Public Health Week 2020, the CHTI team will be highlighting a new theme each day. To kick this week off, we’ll be talking about mental health and why we need to address this issue through an equity lens.
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