When public health programs lack evidence of impact, we may use explanations like these to defend our work. While experiential evidence is valuable, we need to use the best available research and practice evidence to select programs that have been proven to work and also resonate with our communities.
How does public health adapt in times of uncertainty? Join John Auerbach, President and CEO of Trust for America’s Health, for a discussion of the need for evidence-based preventive interventions and the impact of federal policy on prevention services within the health care system.
Public Health in a Time of Change:
Charting the Course for Health Policy, Population Health, and Evidence-Based Prevention
12-1:30 pm EST
March 6, 2017
In the summer of 2016, Florida A&M MPH candidate Artaveya Ingram completed her internship at the Southwest Georgia Area Health Education Center (SOWEGA-AHEC) in Albany, Georgia. At SOWEGA-AHEC, Artaveya was involved with Pathway to Med School, a program designed to encourage pre-med students to pursue a medical career in primary care and return to rural areas as providers. She also worked on the Migrant & Farmworker Family Health Program, which brings interprofessional teams of health care providers from cities into rural communities to provide health care to underserved migrant and seasonal farm workers and their families.
Atraveya explained in her field placement application that she would be an ideal fit for the SOWEGA-AHEC position because she has a “proven ability to build a bond with individuals from all cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds.”
