Mizzou Public Health

Did you know? Indigenous people suffer from the worst physical and mental health disparities in the country compared to other racial and ethnic groups. Join Dr. Melissa Lewis of the School fo Medicine Nov. 4 at noon via Zoom. Dr. Lewis will discuss #naheritage and her research to mitigate these disparities presented by FourFront, Marginalized Student Council. Zoom link: https://umsystem.zoom.us/j/92162116586

Students, mark your calendars! Dr. Sylk Sotto will be the featured speaker for the virtual Interprofessional Grand Rounds event on Nov. 6. with her talk "Embracing Cultural Humility: A Model towards Health Equity." This event is sponsored by the TIPS 4 Kids program. Dr. Sotto is the Vice Chair for Faculty Affairs, Development, and Diversity in the Department of Medicine at Indiana University School of Medicine. Her scholarship and research centers on faculty affairs and prof...essional development, learning environments in medical education, organizational leadership, and the intersection of health equity and research ethics. Dr. Sotto serves on the Board of Directors and as Diversity & Inclusion Board liaison for the Alliance of Academic Internal Medicine (AAIM). The event starts at 12 p.m. and is open to all SHP students. There will be a second program to follow available only to TIPS students at 12:45 p.m. Zoom Meeting Link: http://ow.ly/odWu50BZZG9

Public health solutions often promote human rights and social justice. Sometimes though, individual and collective rights, can stand in opposition - and we need to work to find a balance with public health initiatives. See more here: https://www.hhrjournal.org//editorial-intersections-of-he/. We see this play out frequently now with COVID issues around masking, quarantine, etc. - actions that promote collective health but pull on people's sense of their individual rights. The article below (which includes input from one of our public health students Devin!) explores another public health/individual rights issue re tracking HIV outbreaks. The use of molecular surveillance is a "good" public health tool - but what and whose rights can it compromise? https://www.poz.com//questioning-benefits-molecular-survei

Tune in at noon today to hear Dr. Orbann!

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The HIV Is Not a Crime Training Academy, and the Black United Leadership Initiative host The War on Black Bodies: Divesting from Racist Health Policies. This discussion will center on the impact of HIV criminalization on black people living with HIV. You are invited to a Zoom meeting. When: Oct 28, 2020 02:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada)... Register in advance for this meeting: https://zoom.us//regi/tJEoc-mrrzkuEtX6wSEiV6NOfYXF8qFCjSKD After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-51235105

BTAN Kansas City: We The People Town Hall https://bit.ly/2RO3BTn Thursday, October 22, 2020 3pm-430pm CST 4pm-530pm EST. 1pm-230pm PST... Join this group of community advocates in Kansas City as they present on a Black centered plan for ending the HIV epidemic

The graph below shows how the COVID-19 virus spread and caused a cluster in Boone County over a month long period. The cluster began when two people traveled ou...tside of the county and were exposed to COVID-19. As shown below, they then unknowingly spread it to many others in the community, particularly in the workplace. In total there were 98 close contacts identified during contact tracing as being connected to the first two cases; 28 of those went on to test positive. Please note there may have been additional exposures not recorded. This illustrates the importance of social distancing, mask wearing, hand washing and disinfection in order to protect you and your loved ones. See more

JOB Announcement!! Family Planning Clinical Consultant The Right Time Initiative Missouri Family Health Council Inc., (MFHC), is seeking Family Planning Clinical Consultants to support health centers (located in Northeast, Southeast and Central Missouri) involved in The Right Time initiative, a multi-year family planning collaborative aimed at reducing unintended pregnancies in the state of Missouri. MFHC is a private, nonprofit organization based in Jefferson City that cha...mpions access for every individual to culturally sensitive, quality, sexual and reproductive health education and services by developing and managing family planning and related reproductive health programs. Please see the detailed job description on the MFHC Website for more information regarding responsibilities, necessary qualifications, and application instructions. This is a contract position; travel is required. Resumes are confidential; cover letter required. EOE The application deadline for this opportunity is October 28, 2020. See more

U.S. Department of Ed is offering students, parents and community members a virtual "Financial Aid Bootcamp" Check out the flyer!

Don't miss Public Health assistant professor Dr. Kaleea Lewis present her talk "Race, Racism, and the Social Determinants of Mental Health" via Zoom TOMORROW as part of the CHRIS series. ALL students/faculty are welcome to attend! DM us for a link or check the SHP newsletter

Have you heard of the Swiss Cheese Model? This analogy explains why a combination of mask wearing, social distancing, hand washing, and cleaning and disinfectin...g is so important to stopping the spread of COVID-19. Each "slice," or layer of protection, is not perfect on its own because each layer has holes. But together they can provide better protection for everyone in our community. See more