February 2023

ACHIEVING MAJOR HEALTH POLICY GOALS

Discusses quality from the perspective of the necessity of having suitable quantitative measures to evaluate the health of the population. Read More

CONGRESSIONAL LEGISLATIVE OUTLOOK

Is about polls suggestive of what might be expected in efforts to pass legislation and what needs to be done to increase the federal debt ceiling. Read More

HEALTH REFORM DEVELOPMENTS

Looks at Medicare from the standpoint of the End-Stage Renal Disease Program during the last five decades, an intergenerational evaluation of Medicare, and diagnostic errors in acute care. Read More

DEVELOPMENTS IN HIGHER EDUCATION

Describes activities in the regulatory arena, Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), and public members on accreditation boards. Read More

QUICK STAT (SHORT, TIMELY, AND TOPICAL)

  • Reasons For Receiving Or Not Receiving Bivalent COVID-19 Booster Vaccinations

  • Mortality In The United States, 2021

  • Passive Monitoring By Smart Toilets For Precision Health

  • Use Of Peptide 3D-Printing Inks To Advance Regenerative Medicine Read More

OBTAINABLE RESOURCES

  • Levels & Trends In Child Mortality

  • Race, Ethnicity, And The Design Of State Grant Aid Programs

  • The Demographic Outlook: 2023 To 2053 Read More

URBAN-RURAL DISPARITIES IN DEATHS OF DESPAIR

Refers to a dramatic increase in mortality because of drug overdoses, suicide, and alcohol poisoning. Read More

CLIMATE CHANGE, INSECTS, AND HUMAN HEALTH

Pertains to how climate warming is considered to be among the most serious of anthropogenic stresses to the environment because it not only has direct effects on biodiversity, but it also exacerbates the harmful effects of other human-mediated threats. Read More

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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