Our blog addresses the professional and educational development of MPH students. Read along as Jennifer Celio, updates about research and news in the public health field. Jennifer is an MPH student in Health Policy and Management at the City University of New York School of Public Health at Hunter College and is an elected member of their curriculum committee. Her interests include obesity prevention, food insecurity, health disparities, universal health care and the implementation of the Affordable Care Act.Tag Archives: Affordable Care Act
The Power of Language in Public Health
While viewing the public hearing yesterday regarding portion control on sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) in New York City, it really bothered me how speaker after speaker, in particular those who opposed the amendment proposal, called it a “ban.” In fact, it … Continue reading
Posted in Healthcare, Language, Public Health
Tagged Affordable Care Act, death panels, language, Obamacare, portion control, soda ban, twitter
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2012 National Health Promotion Summit, Washington, D.C.
I spent an exciting few days in Washington, D.C. last week, at the 2012 National Health Promotion Summit hosted by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (ODPHP) and the Association for … Continue reading
Posted in National Health Promotion Summit, prevention, Public Health
Tagged Affordable Care Act, APTR, disease prevention, Georges Benjamin, health policy, Healthy People 2020, HHS, Howard Koh, Kathleen Sebelius, Let's Move, Martin Luther King, National Health Promotion Summit, National HIV/Aids Prevention Strategy, National Partnership for Action to End Health Disparities, National Prevention Strategy, ODPHP, public health, Regina Benjamin, Surgeon General
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