As a doctoral student in public health, I recently had the opportunity to participate in a short-term academic immersion in the United Kingdom, focused on the structure, function, and policy landscape of their health system. The experience provided a valuable comparative lens for understanding how government structures, financing mechanisms, and community-based organizations intersect to shape population health.
As public health practitioners, we cannot afford to let the evidence speak for itself anymore. We need to be proper stewards of the evidence on behalf of our communities and their leaders.
We designed an interactive program for underrepresented middle and high school students from our local communities, with the goal to develop a hands-on experience that would familiarize them with public health through the exciting technology of drones. Throughout the week, students thought about how drones are used to protect the public’s health, and as importantly, they thought about how they could be part of keeping their own communities healthy.
The University of Illinois Chicago Center for Healthy Work aims to share a variety of resources to build awareness and knowledge to academics, employers, policymakers, and workers to help establish and maintain the belief that all workers deserve healthy work.The Healthy Work Collaborative Step-by-Step Videos promote collaborative approaches to advancing worker health by helping organizations:
Develop a shared understanding of precarious work and pathways to healthier work
Explore how policy, systems, and environmental changes can improve health in the context of precarious work
For support implementing any of the Healthy Work Collaborative tools within your own organizations, contact us at [email protected].
Workplace violence can occur in any workplace, yet there are no federal laws protecting workers. This leaves states and individual organizations to create their own plans and protections to keep workers safe. A workplace violence prevention plan can support employers and employees in managing, responding, and preventing actual and potential violent situations.
Legislative oversight of higher education may further weaken the public health workforce pipeline and limit the profession’s ability to serve communities.