January 2025
Displacements to Escape Natural Disasters In The United States
The January issue of AJPH features a special section on displacements caused by natural disasters.
Select articles cover the drivers and disparities in disaster displacement.
Other articles in this issue address naloxone distribution, urban reforestation, health monitoring data, long-acting reversible contraception, and more.
About the Journal
The American Journal of Public Health (AJPH) is dedicated to the publication of original work in research, research methods, and program evaluation in the field of public health. The mission of the journal is to advance public health research, policy, practice, and education.
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VIDEO ABSTRACTS
State Medicaid Initiatives Targeting Substance Use Disorder in Criminal Legal Settings
Health Risks of Unaccompanied Immigrant Children in Federal Custody
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PODCASTS
AJPH 11/24: The Critical Role of Excess Mortality in Shaping Public Health Decisions
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AJPH 8/24: Public Health Students About Responding to and Preventing War
Transcript (pdf)AJPH Chinese Podcast #4 2024
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AJPH Chinese Podcast #3 2024
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Supplement 9 2024
Protecting Populations at High Risk for Severe COVID-19
COVID-19 is seen as the primary public health crisis of the 21st Century and this supplement works to identify the current health inequities and ways that we can limit and hopefully eliminate thes inequities.
With the hopes of preparing vulnerable populations for any further public health crisis there are lessons to be learned from COVID-19 that are going to be vital to create and sustain healthy communities.
The goal being to achieve the highest level of optimal health in preparation for any future pandemics.
Funding statement:
This supplement was principally supported by the Dr. Daniel S. Blumenthal Endowed Fund of the Morehouse School of Medicine and supported in part by the Health Resources and Services Administration Primary Care Training and Enhancement-Community Prevention and Maternal Health Program and the Public Health and Preventive Medicine Residency Program.