July | 2018
Umair A. Shah, M.D., MPH
…Shah was the Executive Director and Local Health Authority for Harris County Public Health (HCPH) – a $100 million agency comprised of 700 public health professionals serving the nation’s third…
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September | 2022
U.S. Experienced Steepest Two-year Decline in Life Expectancy in a Century
Social Factors and Health Inequities Are Strongly Associated with Life Expectancy Disparities September 22, 2022 A young Black male born last year in the United States has a shorter life…
August | 2015
Trust for America’s Health Statement on EPA’s Clean Power Plan: Essential for Safeguarding the Climate, Health and Wealth of the United States
…proposals into reality and safeguarding our climate, health and wealth. Climate change poses serious public health concerns — from natural disasters to reduced water resources to new insect-based infectious diseases…
November | 2015
Health Leads
Health Leads, operated by lay resource specialists and college student volunteers, is a collaborative comprised of partner hospitals, health systems, community health centers, and Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) working…
November | 2023
TFAH Strategic Plan 2023 – 2026
…Objective 1.5: Strengthen public health foundational capabilities, including communications and health equity. Strategic Priority 2: Innovation that drives systemic change to promote and protect health and well-being for all. Objective…
November | 2022
Cherylee Sherry, MPH, MCHES
Pronouns: she/her/hers [email protected] Cherylee brings 40 years of leadership and program development experience in community health and health care to the Minnesota Department of Health. She is currently the manager…
December | 2015
TFAH Opposes any Attempts to Defer or Transfer any portion of the Prevention and Public Health Fund
Washington, D.C., December 10, 2015 – Trust for America’s Health (TFAH) strongly opposes cutting, deferring or transferring any portion of the Prevention and Public Health Fund. The following is a…
May | 2015
Trust for America’s Health’s Statement on the Environmental Protection Agency’s Latest Clean Water Act Rule: Important for the Nation’s Health
Washington, DC, May 27, 2015 – The Trust for America’s Health (TFAH) is pleased the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has released a final rule clarifying the definition of Waters of…
February | 2020
Health is More Than Health Care
…health care. Achieving health equity will require attention to social determinants of health, including important underlying barriers to health and well-being, such as racism and poverty. The American College of…
August | 2017
Harris County Public Health Executive Elected to Lead National Health Organization Priorities Include Health Equity and Disease Prevention
…Medicine; U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention; Trust for America’s Health; Network for Public Health Law; and the Texas Medical Association. View the full story (some sites require registration)…