APHA’s National Public Health Week was chock-full of fun and educational public health events! If you weren’t able to tune in or attend these events in person, don’t fret! Many were recorded for future visits. Check out this outline of some of the week’s big events below:
- Monday April 1st: Theme – Healthy Communities
- Keynote address from reproductive justice expert Joia Crear-Perry who spoke of the importance of grassroots organizing to improve the health of communities. Panelists with other areas of expertise aligned with the different daily themes of the week were also included. Check out the recorded forum here.
- Tuesday April 2nd: Theme – Violence Prevention
- APHA pushed out a message regarding supporting universal background checks on gun sales. You can sign the action alert for your state here.
- APHA’s Mighty Fine discussed violence prevention for #NPHW in a new #HealthiestCities podcast: https://bit.ly/2FMSQtW
- Wednesday April 3rd: Theme – Rural Health
- Global #NPHW Twitter chat: Look for #NPHWChat on twitter to see what was discussed! Details about the chat here.
- There was a Q&A with CDC Director Robert Redfield on public health in 2019. Read the full interview here.
- There was also a blog from All of Us Research that discusses how precision medicine can help with health disparities in rural communities: https://bit.ly/2FZKu3l
- Thursday April 4th: Theme – Technology and Public Health
- APHA hosted a @GetReady Photo contest for animal lovers. See details here: http://bit.ly/GerReady2019Contest
- National Public Health Week Student Day: early and mid level career public health professionals talked about how they transitioned from student life to public health workers. See the panelists here (this year’s talk has not been posted yet, but check back soon!)
- Friday April 5th: Theme – Climate Change
- APHA pushed out a message about climate change and posted a link where you can #SpeakForHealth and alert members of Congress in your state about your interest and passion to protect the public’s health from climate change. See link here: http://bit.ly/2HwUQty
- APHA’s Surili Patel discusses the important work of APHA and others to address the health threats of climate change. https://bit.ly/2VqVjkj #NPHW#ClimateChangesHealth
- Saturday & Sunday April 6th and 7th: Theme – Global Health
- APHA posted the World Health Organization (WHO)‘s top 10 threats to global health include pandemic flu, cholera, violent conflict, malaria, malnutrition and natural disasters. Learn how you can take action: http://bit.ly/2U7A2Ln
These were just a few highlights from the busy week! So much more occurred throughout the seven days. What did you do to celebrate this year’s National Public Health Week? Let us know what you did to celebrate this year’s National Public Health Week for a chance to be featured in our blog or quarterly newsletter. Send us an email at ihsection.communications@gmail.com.
If you didn’t join in on the festivities this year, be sure to tune in next year! If you’re interested in hosting an event for next year, check out this timeline to help with the planning process here.
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