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.

DJPH 2024 Issues

What’s next for the Delaware Journal of Public Health?

Our upcoming 2024 issues include:

  • March – Chronic Disease
  • May – Violence
  • July — Cancer & the Power of Preventative Screening
  • September – Childhood Development & Education
  • November – After COVID – Rebuilding Public Health and Healthcare Resilience

If you would like to submit an article to the DJPH, please visit our submission page.

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