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November 2020

COVID-19: A DELICATE COEVOLUTIONARY DANCE 

Discusses how an evolutionary perspective can advance understanding of the relationship between this virus and the human race. Read More

CHANGING OF THE GUARD 

Looks at factors that will affect legislation and health policy outcomes as a new Administration is poised to occupy the White House in January 2021. Read More

HEALTH REFORM DEVELOPMENTS 

Point out the impact that the coronavirus has had on health policy, along with some observations of a ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court regarding the Affordable Care Act and what to expect from a Biden Administration. Read More

DEVELOPMENTS IN HIGHER EDUCATION 

Describes the volume and repayment of federal student education loans and the degree to which racial disparities have an impact on debt burdens. Read More

QUICK STAT (SHORT, TIMELY, AND TOPICAL)

  • Chronic Pain And High-Impact Chronic Pain Among U.S. Adults: 2019

  • Black, Hispanic Patients Hospitalized For COVID-19 At Disproportionately High Rates

  • Exploration Of The Link Between Obstructive Sleep Apnea And Autoimmune Disease  

  • Pre-Recorded Audio Messages Help Improve Outcomes For Patients With Heart Failure Read More

AVAILABLE RESOURCES ACCESSIBLE ELECTRONICALLY

  • State Of Lung Cancer In The U.S.

  • A Global Grand Challenge Of Achieving Healthy Human Longevity

  • U.S. Maternal Death Rates Are The Highest Among Wealthy Countries Read More

POPULATION HEALTH SCIENCE AND THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC 

Examines how dynamics of this disease indicate that population health is best served by thinking dimensionally across a range of health indicators, expanding the focus beyond clearly defined categorical outcomes. Read More

MOVING FROM A GERM THEORY OF DISEASE TO THE MICROBIAL THEORY OF HEALTH 

Pertains to a shift regarding the role of microbes in disease and health that necessitates a change in the approaches taken to design targeted infection control. Read More

 

2020-2021 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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