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📣 NEW Resource: Communicating About Changes in Public Health Since the start of the year, public health has experienced many changes, from budget cuts to staffing challenges. Keeping up with these rapid and sweeping changes can be challenging for public health professionals and their communities. Use this guide to help you: 🗣️Communicate about the impacts of these changes in your communities 🏛️Drive awareness of shifts in policy or budget 💪Build greater support for public health

📣 NEW Resource: Communicating About Changes in Public Health Public health is evolving and changing rapidly—with budget cuts, staffing shifts, and policy changes impacting professionals and communities alike. This guide offers practical tools to help you communicate these changes effectively, raise awareness, and strengthen support for public health.

It has been a challenging year for public health professionals. This guide from the Public Health Communications Collaborative can help you communicate about the impact in your community.

Pressure on public health practitioners, researchers, and communicators has long been mounting. Tara Kirk Sell and Beth Resnick discuss how to support the public health workforce and how the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health is protecting community members. https://lnkd.in/ed2CV-37

Dr. Nadha Hassen, PhD MPH's research explores how community-led nature prescribing can serve as a preventative tool to reduce pressure on public health systems, especially during emergencies. Her work with Park People / Ami·es des parcs and Canadian Institute for Social Prescribing is helping shape the future of nature prescribing in Canada. 🔎 Read the Spotlight: https://bit.ly/43nIV9H #HealthEquity #SocialPrescribing #PublicHealth #NaturePrescribing #CommunityHealth #EmergencyPreparedness

Democratic governors have formed a new Public Health Alliance to coordinate state-level responses to health challenges, strengthen data sharing, and enhance preparedness — signaling a growing shift toward state-led leadership in public health policy. Read more on this. #PublicHealthPolicy #GovernmentLeadership #HealthInnovation https://lnkd.in/dtMU7vqp

Today, cross-sector professionals are gathering at Sophia Gardens for the Welsh Public Health Conference, where the Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing will be calling on healthcare professionals to become "champions of prevention". Want to know more about the landscape and context when it comes to population and public health in Wales? Get confused between the two? We've written two explainers - one on population health and another on the fundamental principles of public health in Wales 💡 Take a look 👇 Population health: https://lnkd.in/e9bxxAiu Public health: https://lnkd.in/epbeFHAN

“The public health system needs sustainable, predictable funding for us to be able to keep all Alabamians safe and healthy.” Scott Harris M.D., MPH, Alabama’s State Health Officer.   Dr. Harris sat with Trust for America’s Health (TFAH) to discuss the impact of federal funding reductions and workforce cuts on his department and by extension the nation for our recent Public Health Infrastructure in Crisis funding report. Dr. Harris described the deep cuts his department is facing and the ways in which they will make his state less prepared for future public health emergencies. https://lnkd.in/eunk9Hyn

This week's UHC Day Update takes a look at what advocates can do to turn global promises into local action. It features the story of a group of young people who stepped in to keep essential health services going in their community in a time of crisis, showing the power of community-led, youth-driven solutions to strengthen health systems from the ground up. Read the article here: https://buff.ly/K0oz2zk

Just published online first #cjph_rcsp Youth-developed recommendations on public health planning for future pandemics or public health emergencies: a national Delphi study (Quinlan-Davidson et al.) https://lnkd.in/eqiGkxJj