PUBHLTH 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 54: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, American Public Health Association, The Pew Charitable Trusts
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Collects data on u. s. population concerning all aspects of health: centers on infectious diseases, chronic disease, injury prevention, and others. American cancer society, american heart association, american diabetes association, Alzheimer"s disease and related disorders association, and others: american medical association, american nurses association, american public health. Association, and others: consumer groups philanthropic foundations, rockefeller foundation, robert wood johnson foundation, pew charitable trusts, kaiser family foundation, commonwealth fund, bill and melinda gates foundation. Discussion question 1: choose a specific health problem. How might federal, state, and local levels of government divide responsibility for addressing it: example: lung cancer etc . Discussion question 2: choose a federal public health agency and visit its web site. Identify an issue it is currently dealing with and describe reasons for current concern. Discuss any controversies that may be involved in actions the agency may have taken or need to take: www. epa. gov.
