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Why we will no longer be a welcoming church

We’ve decided to quit being a welcoming church. No kidding. We’re giving it up. Like so many congregations, we’ve sunk an amazing amount of time and energy into becoming a welcoming church. We changed worship styles, trained greeters and ushers, wore name tags, brewed coffee, went to workshops on hospitality and put our friendliest people …

10 Ways to Pay for Assisted Living

Are you wondering how to pay for assisted living? Read our tips on eight common ways that families pay for assisted living care.

Department of Labor Issues Guide for Employing Home Care Workers

If you employ a home care worker who provides services for a family member with disabilities, you may have to deal with the very strict wage and hour...

Big Raises For Many Home Care Workers Won’t Necessarily Help Senior Citizens

A $15 minimum wage will almost double what many home care workers are paid but won’t solve other problems.

Is It Indigestion or A Heart Attack?

The holiday season can sometimes lead to unhealthy behaviors. We indulge at holiday buffets, enjoy an extra cocktail, skip our regular exercise and stress about everything that needs to be done. Perhaps that’s why there’s an increase in heart-related deaths during the holiday season. After analyzing 25 years of data and 53-million U.S. death certificates, researchers discovered the correlation, with heart-breaking numbers peaking on Christmas, the…

How to Find Free Rides for Seniors Who Live at Home

How to Find Free Rides for Seniors Who Live at Home. Help your parents stay active without busting your budget.

How to Recognize Signs It's Time for Assisted Living

Caring for a elderly parents takes a toll on families. When is the right time to move to assisted living? We ask a psychologist for signs.

CDC builds community of public health ‘nerds’

Do you like science and care about saving lives? You might just be a public health nerd.

How Investing in Public Health Will Strengthen America’s Health

Investments in public health not only improve the health of society but also advance equity and foster economic and climate resiliency.

Public Health Matters Flu Prevention

How to help public health survive politics and misinformation

Recommendations to diffuse the politicization of public health: public communication and messaging.

The public health playbook: ideas for challenging the corporate playbook

Many commercial actors use a range of coordinated and sophisticated strategies to<br>protect business interests—their corporate playbook—but many of these strategies come<br>at the expense of public health. To counter this corporate playbook and advance health<br>and wellbeing, public health actors need to develop, refine, and modernise their own<br>set of strategies, to create a public health playbook. In this Viewpoint, we seek<br>to consolidate thinking…

Millennials Are Ready to Change Public Health. Is Public Health Ready?

Did you know that millennials make up 35 percent of the workforce in the United States, but only about 24 percent of state and local health departments? This is despite a 300 percent growth in public health degrees over the past two decades. So where are the millennials, and what do these numbers me

Will Removing Menthol Cigarettes Benefit Public Health?

The increasing use of menthol cigarettes has become a public health burden. Researchers in the U.S have published a paper in BMC Public Health summarizing the r

Body Building Drugs Threaten Public Health

Abuse of performance-enhancing drugs isn't just a problem of top athletes -- it's a large-scale public health problem that affects some 3 million people who use them in the U.S., according to a new sc

What Employers Should Consider with End of the National and Public Health Emergencies

The end of the national and public health emergencies is nearing, which will bring an impact to employer benefit plans. Find out what employers should consider when faced with these changes and the action steps they can take

How Low-Code Development Will Deliver The Future of Public Health Services

Low-code development is a critical tool for delivering the public health services of the future and meeting the demands of our time.

Library Guides: Public Health: Home

Comprehensive guide to library and open resources that support Purdue students, staff, and faculty with Public Health research and publication.

Monkeypox: What public health experts want you to know

Public health experts answer common questions about monkeypox including how the disease spreads, how it’s treated and which vaccines can prevent infection.

How is the Government implementing a ‘public health approach’ to serious violence?

A ‘public health approach’ suggests policy makers should search for a ‘cure’ by using scientific evidence to identify what causes violence and find interventions.