Delaware Public Health Association
 

The Academy in the News

The Delaware Population Consortium and the University of Delaware’s Institute of Public Administration recently held a workshop examining the effects of an older population on the state’s infrastructure. At that workshop was Executive Director Tim Gibbs, who discussed the demographics of the healthcare workforce the Academy/DPHA has been studing through our Delaware Health Force project, and what our workforce might look like in the coming years.

Read the article.

Delaware County Health Rankings 2023

Produced by the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute and supported by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, County Health Rankings for 2022 contains valuable data and numerous enhancements to make this report even more valuable to planners, public health professionals, funders, policymakers, and others.  Click here for the Delaware-specific report, or visit the website for additional information.

March Awareness

March is…

Brain Injury Awareness Month – https://www.biausa.org/public-affairs/public-awareness/brain-injury-awareness

National Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Awareness Month – https://www.cdc.gov/cfs/

National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month – https://www.ccalliance.org/awareness-month/

National Kidney Cancer Awareness Month – https://www.niddk.nih.gov/

Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Month – https://mymsaa.org/

National Myeloma Awareness Month – http://mam.myeloma.org/

National Nutrition Month – https://www.eatright.org/food/resources/national-nutrition-month

Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month- https://acl.gov/news-and-events/events-and-observances

Women’s History Month- https://www.womenshistorymonth.gov/

Endometriosis Awareness Month- https://www.fda.gov

 

Week of:

March 10- 16: https://www.ashrm.org

March 12-18: National Pulmonary Rehabilitation Week – https://www.aacvpr.org/Cardiac-Pulmonary-Rehabilitation-Weeks

March 14-20: Brain Awareness Week – http://www.dana.org/BAW/

 

Day of:

March 6: National Dentists Day- https://nationaldentistsday.com/

March 11: World Kidney Day – http://www.worldkidneyday.org/

March 22: World Water Day – http://www.worldwaterday.org/

March 24: Tuberculosis Awareness Day – http://www.stoptb.org/events/world_tb_day/

March 25: National Cerebral Palsy Awareness Day- https://www.yourcpf.org/advocacy-awareness/

March 30: National Doctor’s Day: https://amaalliance.org/national-doctors-day/

Need more to celebrate? Check out the National Day Holidays and Awareness Days.com