#nphw — Public Fediverse posts

First full week of April is National Public Health Week #NPHW since 1995. It's nice to have one week devoted to celebrating the importance of Public Health. For more information, Public Health Practice www.bettycjung.net/Practice.htm National Public Health Week www.apha.org/initiatives/...

🍎 April 1-7 is National Public Health Week! Teach about public health with The Invisible Shield. This four-part PBS documentary series explores how the field of public health has saved countless lives, protected people from the constant threat of disease, and increased lifespans. 1/2

#PublicHealth #NPHW #NationalPublicHealthWeek #Education #Edutooters #Homeschooling #CovidIsNotOver @education @edutooters

Our free discussion guide for THE INVISIBLE SHIELD offers questions to encourage critical thinking, powerful discussion, and expanded understanding of public health. This is a powerful tool to get students excited about careers in STEM fields and public health. For grades 11-12, higher education, community groups, and general public use.

https://journeysinfilm.org/product/invisible-shield/

From Radical Media, made possible Bloomberg Philanthropies, now streaming on PBS. 2/2

#NPHW #Healthcare #PublicHealth

#MentalHealth is public health. The DOH Adult Mental Health Division seeks to improve the mental health of Hawai’i’s people by reducing the prevalence of emotional disorders and mental illness with education, treatment and rehabilitation. #Mahalo #NPHW

🔗https://health.hawaii.gov/amhd/

Let’s celebrate National Public Health Week 2023! #nphw #nphw2023 #publichealth #mentalhealth https://nphw.org/

Q5: What do you see for the future of #PublicHealth in the coming years?

#nphw chat

Q5: #nphw chat What do you like most about #PublicHealth?

Q4 #nphw chat: How would you describe the work of #PublicHealth to someone who is new to the field? #PublicHealth

Q3: What does community health mean to you? #nphw #PublicHealth

Q2: #nphw chat
Do you work for a public health organization or do you do something different? #PublicHealth

#nphw chat today: Due to not feeling well, we’ll be listing questions now for responding at any time.

Q1: Who is here on Mastodon from the public health space?

DOH's Maternal and Child Health Branch (MCHB) leads activities to prevent intimate partner violence, sexual assault, and child maltreatment, with support from the Injury Prevention and Control Section (IPCS) and other partners in the community. #Mahalo #NPHW 🤙

Air quality is an important contributor to disease. #NPHW

NASA-funded scientists linked health outcomes to satellite measurements of air pollutants like nitrogen dioxide and fine particulate matter (PM2.5). https://go.nasa.gov/3Kx5T5u
#NASAEarth

📷Join our Hawaiʻi District Health Office tomorrow and Thursday, 11 am-1 pm, for their #NationalPublicHealthWeek Open House! Learn about DOH programs and services while enjoying games and live entertainment. #NPHW

4/4: West Hawai‘i Civic Center
4/6: Hilo State Building Lanai

Bright nighttime lights disrupt circadian rhythms and cause sleep deficiency.

Scientists compared @nasa nightlight and @cdc health data and found that poorer, non-white neighborhoods experience more artificial light at night. #NPHW https://go.nasa.gov/3nBnuQx
#NASAEarth

It’s National Public Health Week!

@nasa data is key for scientists to understand public health risks like wildfire smoke, dust storms, night lights and more to keep communities healthy. #NPHW
#NASAEarth

We will be doing our own #nphw chat on Mastodon instead of Twitter this week.

It’s APHA’s National Public Health Week.

This year we are skipping the #NPHW Twitter Chat event and attempting to adapt it here onto Mastodon instead.