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ICYMI, Chelsey Kirkland appeared on A Health Podyssey to discuss her recent paper that explores the development of a new model for the governmental public health workforce in Minnesota.

Antiracist Public Health Surveillance Practices In Oregon

In the June issue of Health Affairs, “Reimagining Public Health,” Ryan Petteway and coauthors critique current public health surveillance practices and offer a series of recommendations for reimagined survey practices in Oregon.

The authors argue that current practices are “rooted in a series of knowledge-power relations,” and as a result public health data becomes a “social product” that is a “reproduction of political priority, epistemic privilege, and racialized state power.”

Petteway and coauthors offer steps to create an equity-centered approach to reimagining public health surveillance systems in Oregon.

They recommend relationship building, community-led data collection, communication, and sharing back to community and practitioners.

More on Health Equity

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• Civil Unrest, Police Use Of Force, And The Public’s Health by Jessica Bylander
• Forefront: CMS Innovation Center Tackles Implicit Bias by Melissa Majerol and Dora Lynn Hughes
• A Health Podyssey: Jennifer Ng'andu on the Relationship Between Income and Health

Scene Report from CMS' Health Equity Conference

Health Affairs' Jeff Byers chats with Senior Editor Michael Gerber about his recent trip to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Health Equity Conference in Bethesda and the main takeaways that he found from the diversity of panels offered.

Like The Rest Of Us, Incarcerated People Should Have Access To Their Medical Records

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Reducing Disparities In Health Care Coverage And Access Under The ACA

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