Episode 23: Public Health Report Midweek News Roundup

The Public Health Report

In this episode of the Public Health Report, we share the latest public health news including:

• National Sleep Awareness Month
• Featured PHIAT Speaker: Azizi Seixas
• COVID and Latinx Mental Health
• What the End of the Public Health Emergency Declaration Means
• RTI Press: Addressing Medical Misinformation
• Upcoming Events

To read the text version, access our newsletter: https://phpn.substack.com/p/phpn-midweek-newsletter

References:

The Science of Sleep Video:

https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/event/the-science-of-sleep-exploring-the-connection-between-rest-and-health/

Learn more about National Sleep Awareness Month:

Read the PDF from Albany Medical College

Learn more about the PHIAT Conference:

phiatconference.com

Latino Mental Health and COVID:

Depression and Anxiety Among Latinos: Urgent Call for Mental Health Services:

According to LCH co-Director Leo S. Morales, MD, PhD, “COVID-19 has illuminated and exacerbated disparities in anxiety and depression impacting Latinos. WA state must do much more to provide accessible, and culturally and linguistically appropriate mental health services for all Latinos in our state, including rural and urban, insured and uninsured, migrant and non-migrant, and immigrant and non-immigrant.”

University of Washington Latino Center for Health

Why More Needs to Be Done for Latinx/Hispanic Mental Health:

“The COVID-19 pandemic has especially laid bare the health inequities affecting Hispanic/Latina/o immigrants, with recent reports indicating Hispanics have the highest age-adjusted infection rates than all other racial/ethnic groups, and COVID-19 cases are higher in areas with a larger proportion of Hispanics, undocumented individuals, and immigrants. Furthermore, Hispanics are at the highest risk for SARS-CoV-2 infection, hospitalization, and mortality.”

https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/pdf/10.1089/heq.2022.0041

Mental Health and COVID-19 Pandemic Stressors Among Latina/o/x College Students with Varying Self and Parental Immigration Status:

“Ultimately, we argue that the high-stress nature of the pandemic elevated mental distress across all student groups, but the structural exclusion of undocumented immigrants contributes to unique experiences of stress among Latina/o/x undocumented students and US citizen students with undocumented parents.”

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40615-021-01218-x

Mental health among rural Latino immigrants during the COVID-19 pandemic:

Abstract excerpt: “The mental health of the United States' Latino population significantly deteriorated during the SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) pandemic, and Latino immigrants living in rural areas faced unique vulnerabilities. However, few studies have specifically examined the mental health burden and experiences of rural Latino immigrants during the COVID pandemic….Our findings suggest that mental health intervention models that engage with multiple family members, policies that support infrastructure for encouraging exercise and outdoor activity, and ensuring access to culturally and linguistically appropriate mental health care for Latino communities may be important for protecting population mental health.”

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9758750/

What happens at the end of the COVID emergency declaration:

After the end of the COVID 19 emergency, some services will change and some will remain the same. According to KFF, here is what will be changing and not changing regarding testing, treatment and medications.

Health and Human Services also has a roadmap discussing the details of the transition: Read the HHS Emergency Transition Roadmap

RTI Report on Addressing Medical Misinformation:

“Undoubtedly, misinformation is a salient and pressing focus of concern among health professionals. Programs that train those professionals can provide important support, and yet it is also clear that revising and improving medical school curricula to meet this concern will require patience, consistent effort, and careful planning to encourage long-term patient engagement strategies that the next generations of health-care professionals can systematically adopt and implement.”

Read the Report

Upcoming Events:

PHPN Series on Spanish for Community Health

Topic: Vaccines and Immunization, led by Ariel Reyes, PhD(c)

$45 plus Eventbrite Fee

PHPN members fee is $30/person

Register

ESRI: GIS Best Practices for Environmental Health

Beginning on April 4th, ESRI is hosting a series of webinars to help you gain best practices in your job where environmental health is involved. Register at http://ow.ly/WOkJ50NgXYq

Health Level 7 (HL7)

Registration closes on Friday for HL7 FHIR Fundamentals.

Learn more about interoperability standards with this training.

Enroll at: https://bit.ly/3TthCVv

UCLA Center for Health Policy Research

Data Within Reach: Centering the NHPI (Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander) Community

Wednesday, March 22, 2023

1–2:30 p.m. PT

Register

All of Us Researchers Convention

March 29 - 31, Free virtual event

Register today at https://lnkd.in/gRisa5Er #JoinAllofUs