The latest issue of Section Connection, the IH Section quarterly e-newsletter, is now available!
You can find the latest issue of the newsletter here: http://bit.ly/SectionConnection7
If you can’t access the newsletter for any reason please email Theresa Majeski, Global Health Connections Chair, at theresa.majeski@gmail.com.
Dear IH Friends,
Here is a message from our colleagues at APHA and the MCH Gun Violence Prevention Workgroup:
Now is the time to stand up for gun violence prevention (GVP) in our Nation. Many of you have asked what you can do to promote the public health approach to gun violence prevention. Below are actions to take in the coming week:
1. Please plan on attending one of over 817 March for Our Lives events worldwide on Saturday, March 24th. Click on this link to register for the March: March for Our Lives (https://event.marchforourlives.com/event/march-our-lives-events)
Possible Signage for the March for our Lives:
-Gun violence is a public health crisis.
-We need more funding for gun violence prevention research
-Gun violence is a public health issue
2. Visit the APHA website Gun Violence Page: Gun Violence. (https://www.apha.org/topics-and-issues/gun-violence)
3. Share AJPH Gun Violence Research. (http://ajph.aphapublications.org/topic/gunviolence)
4. Get active in your communities. Engage at the grassroots level. Join your local GVP organizations and promote a public health approach to end the gun violence epidemic.
In collaboration,
The APHA Intersectional Council (ISC) and MCH Gun Violence Prevention Workgroups
A message from our section chair, Laura Altobelli
In 1909 and 1917, women organized to demand better wages, equal working conditions, and the right to vote.
In 1975, the United Nations established March 8 for the annual recognition of these struggles.
On this International Women’s Day, the tendency is to think that today celebrates women just for BEING WOMEN — instead of its true meaning….THE GLOBAL STRUGGLE FOR EQUAL RIGHTS OF WOMEN.
Today is to commemorate the hard work that has not yet ended, and to celebrate those women (and some men), past, present, and future, who push the boundaries toward empowerment of women and girls and gender equality in all aspects of life.
Today is an annual call to continue the struggle.
In international health and global development work, this is arguably the most important of our callings — to reach the 5th Sustainable Development Goal: to ‘achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls,’ after which all other SDGs will be easier to reach.
Have a good day and keep up the struggle!
Sent on behalf of Paul Freeman, IH Section, Action Board
Call your senators today and urge them to lift the ban on CDC research on gun violence.
Hi, my name is ______, and I’m calling from [town/city].
I’m calling to express my strong opposition to the budget rider that bans the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention from researching gun violence.
With deaths and injuries mounting from gun violence in our schools and communities, we need the federal government to study this problem and offer effective, evidence-based solutions to this crisis.
Putting our public dollars behind this problem is critical – we cannot continue to offer only thoughts and prayers, we must act.
I urge [Senator X] to remove the anti-science rider that prevents the CDC from conducting research on gun violence from the spending bill.
Thank you for your time.
IF LEAVING A VOICEMAIL: please leave your full street address to ensure your call is tallied
Gun violence is a leading cause of premature death in the U.S. Guns kill almost 30,000 people and cause 60,000 injuries each year. As a longtime advocate for violence prevention policies, APHA recognizes a comprehensive public health approach to addressing this growing crisis is necessary.
The issue of gun violence is complex and deeply rooted in our culture, which is why we must take a public health approach to ensuring our families and communities are safe. We must place a renewed emphasis on improving gun injury and violence research. Ongoing work is needed to ensure firearms do not fall into the wrong hands and to expand access to mental health services to those who need it most.
If you are interested in a sample op-ed, letter to the editor or technical support to help reach your local media, please contact APHA Media Relations.
Visit APHA’s website to learn more about this issue and how you can take action.
Submit an abstract to present at APHA’s 2018 Annual Meeting and Expo taking place in San Diego from November 10-14. Deadlines are soon and range from February 19-23. See the list of components here for specific deadlines.
Abstracts related to all areas of public health, especially those that correspond with the Annual Meeting theme “Creating the Healthiest Nation: Health Equity Now,” are welcome! Download and review a PowerPoint with detailed instructions and advice for submitting an abstract.
If you’d like to submit to the International Health component, the deadline to submit is February 23rd. This year we seek a broad range of entries on global health related to the session topics listed below, as well as entries related to the overall meeting theme.
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