National Rural Health Day, Public Health Disability Specialists Program Evaluation

Caroline Wroczynski, Education Manager for the National Organization of State Health Offices of Rural Health, tells us about the impact of National Rural Health Day; Dr. Robyn Cree, Epidemiologist at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention within the National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, evaluated the success of the Public Health Disability Specialists Program; the Great American Smokeout is also today; and the CDC has issued a Health Alert Network Health Advisory focused on the first case of Clade I Mpox.

National Rural Health Day Web Page

Journal of Public Health Management Practice Article: Best Practices and Lessons Learned From the Public Health Disability Specialists Program – Addressing the Needs of People With Disabilities During COVID-19

American Cancer Society Web Page: The Great American Smokeout

ASTHO Web Page: Menthol Capacity Building

CDC Web Page: First Case of Clade I Mpox Diagnosed in the United States