This week, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a provisional report of life expectancy in the U.S., finding overall life expectancy dropped by more than a year and one half from 78.8 years of age in 2019 to 77.3 years of age in 2020. The decline in life expectancy is the…
Read More »The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) will convene a two-day public workshop focused on “Advancing Maternal Health Equity and Reducing Maternal Mortality.” The workshop will occur from June 7 to June 8 from 8:00 am to 2:30 pm PT. There is no cost associated with the workshop. The workshop will discuss factors…
Read More »The County Health Rankings & Roadmaps is reconvening for a second webinar in their Advancing Racial Equity series on Tuesday, June 15 at 12:00 pm PT. The webinar will discuss transforming narratives to create racial and health equity and will feature three racial equity advocates from Louisville Metro Department of Public Health and Wellness, the…
Read More »The California Health in All Policies (HiAP) Task Force is undertaking an effort to set new priorities for the task force for the next decade. As part of this effort, the state will be hosting four regional listening sessions to hear from local health departments, governments, and community-based organizations about the most pressing health equity…
Read More »The County Health Rankings & Roadmaps, co-sponsored with the Mobilizing Action Toward Community Health (MATCH) Program, will be hosting their webinar series on, “Advancing Racial Equity,” on Tuesday, May 18 at 3:00pm. The webinar will feature representatives from the Michigan Institute of Public Health and the research and program manager from Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, government…
Read More »During Black Maternal Health Week, the Biden-Harris Administration announced a series of actions to address the maternal health crisis in the U.S. Notably, the Biden-Harris Administration highlighted the disproportionate rates of maternal morbidity and mortality experienced in the U.S. compared to other countries, as well as the fact that black women are roughly two to…
Read More »This week, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a report finding that four in 10 transgender women surveyed in seven major U.S. cities have HIV. The report also revealed that nearly two-thirds of African American/Black transgender women and more than one-third of Hispanic/Latina transgender women surveyed have HIV. The CDC report…
Read More »The California ACEs Aware initiative, a partnership between the Office of the California Surgeon General and the California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS), announced a webinar to be held on Wednesday, April 28 from 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm. The webinar is entitled, “Racism and Discrimination as Risk Factors for Toxic Stress,” and will…
Read More »This week, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Rochelle Walensky, MD, MPH declared racism a serious public health threat. Director Walensky, as part of the agency’s declaration, announced a series of new efforts being led by the CDC to accelerate its work to address racism as a fundamental driver of racial and…
Read More »This week, CHEAC was joined by the County Behavioral Health Directors Association (CBHDA), County Welfare Directors Association of California (CWDA), and the California Association of Public Hospitals and Health Systems (CAPH) in declaring racism a public health crisis. As a group, the organizations join local governments around California and throughout the country, including the boards…
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