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March 2021

HEALTH CARE COMPLEXITY AND UNCERTAINTY 

discusses the concept of disease from the standpoint of disease judgements and sickness judgements. Read More

AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN BECOMES LAW 

lists amounts of money allocated to implement key provisions of Public Law 117-2. Read More

HEALTH REFORM DEVELOPMENTS 

looks at wide discrepancies in the ways that Democrat and Republican voters favor major proposals to provide health insurance coverage. Read More

DEVELOPMENTS IN HIGHER EDUCATION 

cites some funding that Public Law 117-2 will provide for higher education. Other information is about enumeration of education credentials and certain impacts of COVID-19 on higher education. Read More

QUICK STAT (SHORT, TIMELY, AND TOPICAL)

  • U.S. State Life Tables, 2018

  • Prescription Drugs For Older Adults And The Risk Of Falling

  • Sex Differences In Neurodegenerative Diseases 

  • Female College Athletes And Traumatic Brain Injury Read More

OBTAINABLE RESOURCES 

  • Academic Incentives And Research Impact

  • Student Debt And Its Impact On Black Americans

  • Adult Family Care As An Alternative To Nursing Homes Read More

EMERGING CLINICAL ROLE OF WEARABLES 

indicates that although these devices have certain limitations, they hold much promise towards expanding the clinical repertoire of patient-specific measures. Read More

FUTURE TIME PERSPECTIVE IN MID-TO-LATER LIFE 

pertains to a concept regarding how individuals orient to and consider their futures, which is considered fundamental to motivation, well-being, and relevance to healthy adaptation to life’s circumstances. 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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