The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) is sponsoring two new workshops on public health accreditation topics. The first workshop on workforce development entitled “Discovering and Working with Your Talents and Strengths” will be held on Tuesday, May 22 in Sacramento, and the second workshop on community health assessments (CHA) and community health improvement plans (CHIP) will…
Read More »The Insured the Uninsured Project (ITUP) recently announced its series of 2018 regional workshops to be held throughout the state. The workshops convene local leaders for constructive dialogue and creative problem-solving related to health reform. This year’s workshop topics will feature: Behavioral health integration and improvement Health reform in California ITUP utilizes workgroup findings to…
Read More »The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), in collaboration with the University of Kentucky, recently released its annual National Health Security Preparedness Index which identifies strengths and weaknesses in the protections needed to keep individuals safe and healthy in the event of a large-scale public health emergency. The Index combines a series of measures from various…
Read More »This week, the Trust for America’s Health (TFAH) published an updated issue brief detailing how public health and education sectors can work together to address the nationwide alcohol, drug, and suicide crises. The brief builds upon the existing Pain in the Nation report released last year which projected deaths from drugs, alcohols, and suicides could…
Read More »Safe States, an alliance to strengthen the practice of injury and violence prevention, recently issued an injury and violence prevention toolkit as an online resource guide for public health practitioners and related professionals. The toolkit includes a curated compilation of training resources and materials centered on the core competencies of injury and violence prevention and…
Read More »This week, the California Legislature continued its flurry of activities with two weeks remaining before the April 27 deadline for policy committees to hear and report all fiscal bills introduced in their house of origin. Lawmakers have been extremely busy amending measures and presenting bills at policy committee hearings, and a significant number of bills…
Read More »This week, Kaiser Permanente announced the formation of the Kaiser Permanente Task Force on Firearm Injury Prevention and a $2 million investment in research to prevent injuries and death caused by firearms. In 2016, firearm-related injuries caused over 30,000 deaths in the United States, and Kaiser Permanente treated more than 11,000 victims of gunshot wounds…
Read More »With support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), the Prevention Institute released a brief titled, “Countering the Production of Health Inequities through Systems and Sectors.” The brief examines a series of determinants of health, their connections to health and safety, and inequities in health and wellbeing outcomes. To better understand the origination of health…
Read More »The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA) recently published a report on childhood poisoning and prevention efforts. The report finds that in 2016 alone, over 30,500 reports were made to poison control centers regarding the exposure of addictive substances to young children. Exposure rates of nicotine, alcohol, cannabis, and opioids among children have…
Read More »The California Legislature returned to Sacramento after a week-long Spring Recess for what is already shaping out to be a busy April season as Legislators work to meet the April 27 deadline for fiscal bills to be passed by the policy committee of their house of origin. Key activities and bills of interest are provided…
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