February 2020
GEOGRAPHIC INFLUENCE ON HEALTH DISPARITIES
Indicates how inhabitants of rural parts of the U.S. have poorer health outcomes than their urban counterparts and reduced access to health care resources. Read more
PRESIDENT’S CORNER
President Phyllis King discusses the newly revised ASAHP Strategic Plan. Read more
PULLING BACK THE CURTAIN
Depicts federal government funding initiatives revealed in the President’s 2020 State of the Union Address and in the Administration’s Fiscal Year 2021 Budget. Read More
HEALTH REFORM DEVELOPMENTS
Points out some challenges in financing the steady growth of health care costs and efforts to curb waste in the provision of services. Read More
DEVELOPMENTS IN HIGHER EDUCATION
Describes a regulatory step by the federal government to address violations of free speech rights of students and a bipartisan proposal to reauthorize the Higher Education Act (ACE). Read More
QUICK STAT (SHORT, TIMELY, AND TOPICAL)
2020 Patient Data Breach Barometer
Self-Reported Marijuana Use In Electronic Cigarettes Among U.S. Youth
· Light-Adapted Electroretinogram Difference In Autism Spectrum Disorder
Evolving Magnetically Levitated Plasma Proteins Detect Opioid Use Disorder As A Model Disease Read More
AVAILABLE RESOURCES ACCESSIBLE ELECTRONICALLY
Clinical Prevention And Population Health Curriculum Framework
Precarious Work Schedules And Population Health
Quantification Of U.S. Neighborhood-Level Social Determinants Of Health Read More
THE ROAD TO IMMORTALITY IS PAVED WITH EPONYMS
Mentions historical trends in the production of health eponyms and views of a sample of neurology residents about the continued use of these naming devices. Read More
QUANTIFYING HEALTH SYSTEMS’ INVESTMENTS IN SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH
Refers to an investigation of the extent to which U.S. health systems are investing in housing-focused interventions, employment, education, food security, transportation, and social and community endeavors. Read More
2020-2021 ASSOCIATION CALENDAR OF EVENTS
May 14-15, 2020—ASAHP Leadership Development Program Part I in Columbus, OH
October 26-27, 2020—ASAHP Leadership Development Program Part II in Long Beach, CA
October 28-30, 2020—ASAHP Annual Conference in Long Beach, CA
October 20-22, 2021—ASAHP Annual Conference in Long Beach, CA
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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