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Welcome to the
December 2024
Simmons
Welcome to the
December 2024
Simmons
MPH Monthly
MPH Monthly
Simmons MPH community and friends,
Welcome to our final MPH Monthly of 2024! This month we thought that we would take a look back over this year of Simmons MPH Monthly issues and highlight some of the things we thought were thought provoking, informative and energizing.
We hope that everyone is looking forward to coming change of seasons...winter or summer depending on where you live. As the December-January slowdown approaches, we hope that you take some time to reflect on the year that's been. Rest up, recharge and we will all be back at it in the new year.
Thanks for reading,
Leigh Haynes, MPH Program Director
Nat Thomson, MPH Graduate Assistant
The stories that we're still thinking about
The stories that we're still thinking about
FEBRUARY Both Wisconsin and Illinois reported on the continued negative impact racism has on the health of Black people in their states. In Wisconsin, Black children are four times more likely to have lead poisoning than white children, while Illinois has found that Black women are twice as likely to die from pregnancy-related conditions.
MARCH In a piece of commentary for WBUR, Elizabeth Carr, the first baby born via IVF in the U.S, explains why she ‘feels like an endangered species’ as we see states experiment with increasingly restrictive (and uniformed) reproductive legislation.
JULY NPR's Rhitu Chatterjee takes a look at the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline after two years running, finding challenges of consistent funding by state/region and issues of general low awareness, however she cites recent NAMI polling that tends to indicate those who are aware of and have used the service tend to find it trustworthy and valuable
OCTOBER The Stanford Social Innovation Review's 2024 reading list is also a great list of places to start for those looking to more deeply consider contemporary social innovation, covering what they call "everything from practical insights on the social sector to the deep questions about the big picture that get to why we do what we do"
Some media we're taking into 2025
Some media we're taking into 2025
JANUARY For D@W (Democracy At Work), Dr. Harriet Fraad, second wave feminist, thinker and host of the Capitalism Hits Home podcast breaks down the definitions and intersections of the terms white supremacy, settler colonialism, hetero-patriarchy & capitalism, while exploring their roles as social divisions functioning together.
APRIL Work life balance in public health careers is something that we all have to actively work towards and manage. If this is something on your mind, Coursera has a quick primer on how to make your balance goals come to life.
JUNE John Stewart took a look at the corporate side of Pride in a recent segment on The Daily Show exploring "the myth of corporate morality".
SEPTEMBER Kavitha George and Sylvie Douglis explore how to show your friends you love them, for NPR. They share that when asked to write letters of gratitude to someone in their life people underestimated how happy it made them and overestimated how awkward the recipient would feel.
2024 Feature Interviews Recap
2024 Feature Interviews Recap
This year MPH Graduate assistant and Master of Social Work student, Nat Thompson, sat down down with community leaders, public health champions, and Simmons faculty for our feature interview section. The interviews highlighted important issues and lessons about how intersections of social, community, political issues play out for public health. Guests shared about their work in the US and globally to advance health equity. Take a minute to browse any of the interviews you may have missed!
On Our Radar
On Our Radar
Events focused on health, wellness, equity and education.
January 18 (Online) - Who owns your health? Training workshop on corporate research in healthcare
The People's Health Movement-North America is organizing a training on how to do corporate research in healthcare. Healthcare has is becoming more financially inaccessible with worsened quality due to corporate actors and private equity investors. Knowing who these entities are is necessary to develop effective campaigns with clear targets and demands to begin to improve health care cost, quality, and accessibility for everyone. This training will be focused on Canada and the US.
March 25-27 (Pasadena, CA) – APHL ID Lab Con 2025
Join public health laboratory professionals, clinical laboratorians, epidemiologists, leading researchers and diagnostics manufacturers at the Association of Public Health Laboratories' ID Lab Con.
March 27-29 (Phoenix, AZ) – Nicotine Dependence Center Conference 2025
Building on 30 years of continuing education courses, the Mayo Clinic Nicotine Dependence Center is partnering with Truth Initiative to host the 2025 national conference highlighting the intersection between tobacco control policy and practice. Amidst an evolving tobacco product landscape and scientific evidence, the course will educate attendees about the latest science, treatment best practices, and policy considerations.
April 16-18 (Long Beach, CA) –
Join the Society for Public Health Education for their 75th Annual Conference themed Waves of Change: Embracing Diversity and Technology for Equity and Wellness.
May 5-8 (Portland, OR) –
Join the Association of Public Health Laboratories for their annual convening of the public health laboratory community. This conference brings together leaders, scientists, influencers and partners to share issues, trends and best practices driving laboratory science and public health today.
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