41st Annual Conference of the Mid-Atlantic Mosquito Control Association (MAMCA) to be held in Nashville, March 30 – April 1, 2016
The 41st Annual Conference of the Mid-Atlantic Mosquito Control Association (MAMCA) will take place in Nashville on March 30 – April 1, 2016 at the Inn at Opryland (http://www.mamca.org/conference.htm).
This meeting will be hosted by the Tennessee Mosquito and Vector Control Association (TMVCA). Please see attached agenda. Speakers include our colleagues from multiple mid-Atlantic state health departments, universities and federal agencies including CDC.
Nashville Post: Barry talks Insure Tennessee, Nashville General at VU panel
Published November 17, 2015 by Emily Kubis
Mayor Megan Barry called for the state legislature to pass Insure Tennessee at a Vanderbilt University-hosted health care panel discussion Monday, but also said creative solutions were needed in the absence of Medicaid expansion.
At a panel entitled "Caring for the Uninsured," Barry said there are an estimated 30,000 people in Nashville without insurance.
Medical Care: Role of Geography and Nurse Practitioner Scope-of-Practice in Efforts to Expand Primary Care System Capacity: Health Reform and the Primary Care Workforce
Authors: Graves, John A. PhD; Mishra, Pranita MPP; Dittus, Robert S. MD, MPH; Parikh, Ravi MD, MPH; Perloff, Jennifer PhD; Buerhaus, Peter I. PhD, RN, FAAN
Objective: We investigated whether geographic accessibility to primary care clinicians (PCCs) differed across urban and rural areas and across states with more or less restrictive scope-of-practice laws.
Department Faculty Receive NIHCM Foundation Investigator-Initiated Research Grant Award
Washington, DC – November 13, 2015 - NIHCM Foundation has awarded six new grants to support investigator-initiated health services research. NIHCM increased its funding level for the research grant program again this year, reflecting its commitment to supporting researchers in their work to improve health care through objective evidence.
Schaffner Honored for Public Health Contributions
by Craig Boerner | Thursday, Nov. 12, 2015, 9:01 AM
William Schaffner, M.D., professor of Preventive Medicine, is this year’s recipient of the American Public Health Association’s (APHA) 2015 John Snow Award, a longstanding award given in recognition of “enduring contributions to public health through epidemiologic methods and practice.”
Schaffner, who was selected by the Awards Committee of the APHA’s Epidemiology Section, received a large cast bronze plaque with an image of John Snow on Nov. 2 at the APHA Annual Meeting in Chicago.
American Journal of Public Health: Health Care Disparities in the Post–Affordable Care Act Era
Abstract: Disparities in health care have been targeted for elimination by federal agen- cies and professional orga- nizations, including the American Public Health As- sociation. Although the Af- fordable Care Act (ACA) provides a valuable first step in reducing the disparities gap, progress is contingent upon whether opportunities in the ACA help or hinder populations at risk for im- paired health and limited access to medical care. (Am J Public Health. 2015;105: S665–S667. doi:10.2105/ AJPH.2015.302611)