October 2021

NEUROBIOLOGY OF LONELINESS

Involves a discussion of how loneliness is associated with increased morbidity and mortality, and that a deeper understanding of the neurobiological mechanisms that underly it is needed to identify potential intervention targets. Read More

BUDGET RECONCILIATION AT LOGGERHEADS

Describes how efforts are underway in Congress to advance both a $1 trillion infrastructure bill and a $3.5 trillion social policy and climate spending package. Read More

HEALTH REFORM DEVELOPMENTS

Refers to how not only do silos exist in the health sphere, but that other large silos in the overall U.S. economy have an impact on health care. Read More

DEVELOPMENTS IN HIGHER EDUCATION

Is about the challenge of providing affordable college education, improving educational quality, and reducing the excess amounts of time needed for many students to obtain a four-year college degree. Read More

QUICK STAT (SHORT, TIMELY, AND TOPICAL)

  • Emergency Department Visits Involving Dental Conditions, 2018

  • Health Care Spending For Working Americans

  • Near-Infrared Fluorogenic Spray For Rapid Tumor Sensing

  • Acupuncture In The Ear To Reduce Pain And Opioid Use For Total Knee Replacement Surgery Patients Read More

OBTAINABLE RESOURCES

  • Long-Term Services And Supports Needed By Retirees

  • Journals Of Gerontology Scientific Articles On COVID-19 Read More


MULTIMORBIDITY FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF COMPLEXITY SCIENCE

Indicates how person‐focused care based in complexity science may be a transformational lens through which to view multimorbidity and to complement the specialism focus on each particular disease by understanding the many parts of multifaceted phenomena. Read More

NEW INSIGHTS ON THE DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH TECHNOLOGIES USAGE

Pertains to how the lack of adoption of e-health technologies in any segment of the population can create wide health care disparities that should be addressed, along with understanding critical success factors and barriers for e-health portal use. 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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