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Health Disparities Report, Sara J. Paton, Sylvia Ann Ellison, Nikki Lynn Rogers
Health Disparities Report, Sara J. Paton, Sylvia Ann Ellison, Nikki Lynn Rogers
Population and Public Health Sciences Faculty Publications
Through a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Community Transformation Grant (CTG), Public Health – Dayton & Montgomery County (PHDMC) is working to improve the health of our community by reducing preventable chronic diseases such as lung cancer, heart disease, stroke, and type 2 diabetes. Our CTG initiatives focus on engaging community partners to implement policy, systems, and environmental (PSE) changes to promote tobacco-free living, active living and healthy eating, and clinical preventive services. These PSE changes are intended to reduce death and disability due to tobacco use, rate of obesity, and death and disability due to heart disease and …
Future Competencies Needed For The Direct Service Workforce, William Spears, Carla Clasen, Katherine L. Cauley
Future Competencies Needed For The Direct Service Workforce, William Spears, Carla Clasen, Katherine L. Cauley
Population and Public Health Sciences Faculty Publications
The aging of the baby boom generation and health care policy changes represented by the Affordable Care act create challenges for the long term care industry in America. In 2011 the first of the baby boomers turned 65 years old. By 2030 a total of 78 million baby boomers, 19% of the population, will be 65 or more years old and eligible for Medicare (U.S. Census Bureau 2010). Discussions of potential health care worker shortages often focus on the need for more physicians and nurses to care for an aging population. These changes are putting pressure on long term care …