April 2021
THE HEALTH WORKFORCE: AN IMPLICIT ASSUMPTION
Discusses some reasons why placing a greater focus on the individuals who provide health care services is warranted. Read More
BIDEN ADMINISTRATION PROPOSED BUDGET
Lists some spending highlights, along with ASAHP activities in government relations. Read More
HEALTH REFORM DEVELOPMENTS
Looks at the importance of initiatives to improve health care quality and the implications of developing a public option for health insurance. Read More
DEVELOPMENTS IN HIGHER EDUCATION
Refers to the problem of sexual harassment in educational institutions, along with citing the value of national data gathering by federal agencies. Read More
QUICK STAT (SHORT, TIMELY, AND TOPICAL)
Childhood Disability In The United States, 2019
U.S. Births: Final Data For 2019
Electronic Skin From Flexibility To A Sense Of Touch
Genome-Wide Programmable Transcriptional Memory By CRISPR-Based Epigenome Editing Read More
OBTAINABLE RESOURCES
Applying Systems Thinking To Regenerative Medicine
Shared Equity Leadership: Making Equity Everyone’s Work
Black And White Patients In Hospitals With Worse Safety Conditions Read More
OUTBREAKS OF “AGEISM” IN THREE NATIONS REGARDING COVID-19
Indicates eruptions that emerged over the social and economic costs of protecting older adults from this disease. Read More
PREVALENCE OF MEDIA SOCIAL ADDICTION
Pertains to how the problematic use of these forms of communication technology run the risk of impairing users’ psychosocial functioning and well-being. Read More
2021-2022 ASSOCIATION CALENDAR OF EVENTS
TRENDS is the official newsletter of the Association of Schools Advancing Health Professions (122 C St. NW, Suite 200, Washington, D.C., 20001. Tel: 202-237-6481) Trends is published 10 times each year and is available on the Association’s website at www.asahp.org. For more information, contact the editor, Thomas W. Elwood, Dr.PH.
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