Highlights
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Students and current practitioners alike have been working to become certified in public health to demonstrate their grasp of issues spanning public health and ensure that they remain up to date on developments in the field
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Climate change has the worst effects on people who have low health equity — those who do not have adequate opportunities to be healthier. People who lack health equity are more likely to be impacted negatively by social determinants of health, which are t
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Ten cross-sector health council across the U.S. are working together to advance health equity.
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States throughout the U.S. are recognizing the importance of health equity, and are creating plans to improve it across their communities.
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More than 65 percent of black men over age 40 who have not been diagnosed with heart disease are at high risk of having their first heart attack or stroke in the next 10 years.
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Thirty-seven percent of U.S. adults used medications with depression as a potential side effect between 2005 and 2014.
Check out more public health news in this month's full issue.
Next issue: The October 2018 issue will be live Oct. 1.
Series: Read articles in our series on social determinants of health and share our infographics.
