Perspectives

Pediatric Health Care Provision in Rural Oklahoma: A Disaster in Waiting

by Jenna Ogilvie | Sep 30, 2024 | Commentary, Perspectives

  Pediatric Disaster Medicine in Oklahoma Oklahoma, the famed Sooner State, is home to an estimated 4,019,800 people and is known for its cowboy culture, Native American heritage, energy, agriculture, and Route 66. The picturesque south-central plains are located...

Planning for Children in Disasters: Education and Strategies for the Best Outcomes

by Jenna Ogilvie | Sep 30, 2024 | Commentary, Perspectives

  Longstanding Gaps in Pediatric Disaster Preparedness Disasters overwhelm health care resources and endanger everyone in a community. Children are more vulnerable to disasters than healthy adults for several reasons. They lack the problem-solving skills,...

Tenth Annual DC Public Health Case Challenge: A Public Health Approach to Improve the Health of Women Experiencing Homelessness in DC

by Jenna Ogilvie | Sep 30, 2024 | Discussion Paper, Perspectives

  This discussion paper provides an overview of the tenth annual District of Columbia (DC) Public Health Case Challenge (see https://nam.edu/initiatives/dc-public-health-case-challenge/ [accessed March 20, 2024]), a student competition held in 2023 by the...

Opportunities for Strengthening Climate Education for Clinical Health Professionals

by Jenna Ogilvie | Sep 23, 2024 | Discussion Paper, Perspectives

  ABSTRACT | As we bear witness to increasing disease, injury, disruption, and displacement from a changing climate, health professional education is finally coalescing around the imperative to upgrade training programs to address this health threat. There...

Pediatric Disaster Science: Understanding Needs, Highlighting Imperatives, and Leveraging Opportunities

by Jenna Ogilvie | Sep 23, 2024 | Discussion Paper, Perspectives

  ABSTRACT | The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) Symposium on Pediatric Disaster Science, which was led by the Action Collaborative for Disaster Research, was held August 1st and 2nd, 2022, in Washington, DC. The meeting convened...

States Demonstrating the Business Case for Multisector Efforts: An Emerging Value Framework

by Talia Lewis | Aug 26, 2024 | Commentary, Perspectives

Introduction Regardless of their political and policy environments, including the presence or absence of Medicaid expansion, states are increasingly supporting a variety of interventions to address health-related social needs (HRSNs) due to the proven and promising...

Can Digital Health Improve Healthcare Access for Migrants

by Talia Lewis | Aug 26, 2024 | Commentary, Perspectives

Introduction In our increasingly interconnected world, migration has become a defining feature of global demographics, forced or voluntarily. Across the globe, migrants face numerous challenges accessing essential and appropriate healthcare, ranging from legal...

Four Lessons on the Journey Ahead for the Medical School Graduates of 2024

by Talia Lewis | Jul 22, 2024 | Commentary, Perspectives

Graduates, I want to start by acknowledging that for you, medical school has been anything but typical. As the first “COVID class,” you navigated unprecedented challenges and began your journey during the thick of the pandemic. You were the first class to adapt to...

Short-Term Action for America’s Health: Health Care, Public Health, and Community Collaboration to Reduce the Burden of Respiratory Infections, Opioid Use Disorder, and Other Public Health Threats

by Talia Lewis | May 20, 2024 | Commentary, Perspectives

Introduction: Collaborative Short-Term Action to Advance America’s Health Progress on America’s health has been challenging despite better tools and capabilities to improve health than ever before (The Commonwealth Fund, 2022). The United States has world-leading...

Streamlining Regulatory Oversight of Respirators Used in Health Care Settings Will Improve Worker Protection

by Talia Lewis | May 13, 2024 | Discussion Paper, Perspectives

Introduction Respirators used in U.S. health care settings, including disposable filtering facepiece respirators (FFRs), full face respirators, reusable elastomeric half mask respirators (EHMRs), and powered air purifying respirators (PAPRs), must be approved by the...