August 2, 2022
The Community Health Corner
Submitted by Stephanie Gutierrez
Community health uses science-based approaches for the greatest health benefit to the greatest number of people by addressing the social, economic, and structural drivers that impact everyone’s health. The National Extension Framework for Health Equity and Well-being recommends using community development practices to ensure that every person has the opportunity to "attain his or her full health potential," and no one is "disadvantaged from achieving this potential because of social position or other socially determined circumstances." The following tools and resources can be used to improve health equity and well-being by working with communities to achieve the nation’s Healthy People 2030 objectives.
VISIT NOW: Research has consistently found that LGBTQ youth report more experiences of trauma-related events compared to their straight, cisgender peers. This is often due to experiences of discrimination and victimization based on sexual orientation or gender identity. While the challenges to combating these issues are substantial, there are some clear solutions and strategies to support LGBTQ youth, including improving access to LGBTQ and gender-affirming health services, protecting these youth from anti-LGBTQ polices and racial discrimination, as well as promoting safe and accepting spaces. Visit the NIHCM’s new infographic - Trauma and Suicide Risk Among LGBTQ Youth to learn more.
READ NOW: Earlier this morning, Trust for America released the new report, The Impact of Chronic Underfunding on America’s Public Health System: Trends, Risks, and Recommendations 2022. Chronic underfunding has created a public health system that cannot address the nation’s health security needs, its persistent health inequities, as well as emerging threats, and was a contributing factor in the inadequate response to the COVID-19 pandemic. This annual report examines federal, state and local public health funding trends and recommends investments and policy actions to build a stronger public health system, prioritize prevention and address the ways in which social and economic inequities create barriers to good health in many communities.
USE NOW: A new health.gov blog post, Get Active! Park, Trail, and Greenway Infrastructure Interventions Increase Physical Activity features the latest Community and Preventive Services Task Force recommendation for physical activity. The post addresses ways communities might implement the recommendation to achieve Healthy People 2030 objectives and engage in CDC’s Active People, Healthy Nation Initiative.
For more information, contact Elaine Johannes, ejohanne@ksu.edu; and Stephanie Gutierrez, smgutier@k-state.edu.