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Jun
29
Tuesday

Five Ways the COVID-19 Pandemic Affected Young Parents With Foster Care Experience

The COVID-19 pandemic has had many effects on young people. How has it affected young parents who have been in foster care? The Annie E. Casey Foundation will hold a webinar on Tuesday, June 29, 2021, to share major themes, findings and implications from a Foundation-funded study focused on the...

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Jun
24
Thursday

Grow Your COVID-19 Health Literacy: A Campus, County, and National Perspective

University Human Resources’s Growth Workshop Series entitled Well At UMD – Reset. Reimagine. Return. is a four-part program designed to support our community as we move to full, on-campus operations. In part one of this series, a panel of health experts will share their knowledge on COVID-19...

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Jun
22
Tuesday

10 Essential Public Health Services - A Conversation with Dr. Boris Lushniak

The 10 Essential Public Health Services (EPHS) describe the public health activities that all communities should undertake. For the past 25 years, the EPHS have served as a well-recognized framework for carrying out the mission of public health. The EPHS framework was originally released in 1994 and...

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A Look Inside COVID-19 and Structural Racism in the United States

The negro health problem is one of the “white man's burdens,” and it is by no means the least of those burdens. […] It is undoubtedly true that the negro race has deteriorated physically and morally since slavery times. In some ways, he is perhaps more intelligent, but freedom has not benefited his health, nor improved his morals. There is more sickness and inefficiency and crime among them now than before the war.

Racism is a pandemic protest sign

Commentary Co-Authored by Devon C. Payne-Sturges

Right now, two pandemics are happening simultaneously: COVID-19 and systemic racism. These issues have driven a conversation across several divisions in society, including the environmental health sciences (EHS) research community, according to an article published in May 2021. 

Shots at the Shop is a program to engage 1,000 Black-owned barbershops and hair salons nationwide to act as health advocates. Participants assist their clients in making informed COVID-related decisions, dispelling misinformation and hosting COVID-19 vaccination clinics in their shops.

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