The COVID-19 pandemic demonstrated a need to strengthen the US public health system by shifting toward much greater community engagement and leadership. In November and December 2023, we conducted ...

On May 20, 2021, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine held a virtual convening of public health and communications practitioners to examine the challenges, opportunities, and ...

Public health frameworks have grappled with the inequitable distribution of power as a driver of the social conditions that determine health. However, these frameworks have not adequately considered ...

Distrust in medicine and science isn't a new crisis. Drawing on decades in communities, a physician explains the real source ...

Public participation and community engagement encompass the processes by which individuals, groups and stakeholders are actively involved in shaping decisions that affect their local environments, ...

Community-engaged research involves the active and meaningful involvement of people directly affected by a research problem. Like most activities that require personal interaction, this type of ...

For many of us, June marks the welcome arrival of summer — a season filled with family gatherings, time outdoors and the abundance of fresh fruits and vegetables from local gardens and farmers markets ...

Bridging the gap between academia and the community among underserved populations requires more than good intentions—it requires understanding who comprises the communities that have been inequitably ...

ELYRIA, Ohio — Lorain County Public Health is seeking proposals from local artists and artist teams to design and install a ...

The ASPPH/CDC Governmental Public Health Applied Practice Experience Program is a collaborative effort between the ASPPH ...

In our latest "Five questions with" feature, meet Amanda Archer, health commissioner with Canton City Public Health.