Age-Friendly Communities
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What's Public Health got to with... Infusing Health Equity Across the Life Span
The Centers for Disease Control defines health equity as “the state in which everyone has a fair and just opportunity to attain their highest level…
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AFPHS Blog/Podcast
Building an Age-Friendly Ecosystem in Mississippi
This episode of the AFPHS podcast, Building an Age-Friendly Ecosystem in Mississippi, features Dr. Kina White, Director of the Office of Community Health Improvement at the Mississippi State Department of Health, joins host, TFAH President and CEO Dr. J. Nadine Gracia, to discuss her work to build an age-friendly ecosystem in her home state.
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What's Public Health got to do with... Promoting and Sustaining Equitable Healthy Aging
State and local health departments across the country are beginning to prioritize older adult health and well-being and are hungry for guidance, resources, and tools…
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AFPHS Blog/Podcast
Age-Friendly Public Health: The Podcast
Age-Friendly Public Health: The Podcast is a production of Trust for America’s Health’s (TFAH) Age-Friendly Public Health Systems Initiative. This quarterly podcast, hosted by TFAH’s President and CEO Dr. J. Nadine Gracia, will feature conversations with leaders in the age-friendly public health systems movement on challenges, opportunities, and model programs, with a focus on the role public health can play in helping older adults thrive.
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AFPHS Blog/Podcast
What's Public Health Got to Do With... Accessing Community Health?
As an integral framework for public health policies, programs, and services, the 10 Essential Public Health Services (EPHS) guide strategic planning to protect and promote the health “of all people in all communities”
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What's Public Health Got To Do With... Assessing Community Health?
As an integral framework for public health policies, programs, and services, the 10 Essential Public Health Services (EPHS) guide strategic planning to protect and promote…
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Ensuring Age-Friendly Public Health in Rural Communities: Challenges, Opportunities, and Model Programs
This brief discusses the challenges facing older adults who wish in age in place in rural communities and the role that public health practitioners can…
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