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Past, Present, and Future: Collaborations among national student and professional organizations. January 10, 2004, Washington, DC Jay H. Glasser, PhD , MS President, MPHI. Catalyzed by a talk presented by Roy Schwarz, MD “Medicine and Public Health: a Costly Estrangement”. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Past, Present, and Future: Collaborations among national student and professional organizations. January 10, 2004, Washington, DC
Jay H. Glasser, PhD , MS President, MPHI
Catalyzed by a talk presented by Roy Schwarz, MD “Medicine and Public Health: a Costly
Estrangement”
THE APHA and AMA Medicine and Public Health Initiative
Building sustainable national and state alliances
Inter-disciplinary, Inclusive, and Proactive
The Three Major GoalsEDUCATION
Graduate and Undergraduate
Continuing Practice
APPLIED RESEACH
Cross discipline
Translational
COMMUNITY DEMONSTRATION
Outcomes and Evaluation
Population based health
OPEN ARCHITECTURE AND COMMUNICATION NETWORK
Dateline 9/11 NYC: Awaiting the injured who never came
Rethinking not only preparedness…we TRULY are at the CUSP
OLD STYLE PANDEMICS
At the Gates - OurSafety Depends onEternal Vigilance
Public Health is largely responsible for the greatestincreases in human life span
But is “Invisible” to the public
Worlds greatestpreventable cause of death
But as a society wevacillate on
•control•economics•prevention
THEN AND NOW: the story of the WORLD TOBACCO CONVENTION, AUGUST COLUMN: the Power to Move ideas
Obesity Trends* Among U.S. AdultsBRFSS, 1992
Source: Mokdad A H, et al. J Am Med Assoc 1999;282:16, 2001;286:10.
1992
Obesity Trends* Among U.S. AdultsBRFSS, 2001
Source: Mokdad A H, et al. J Am Med Assoc 1999;282:16, 2001;286:10.
2001
MPHI POWER GRID Analogy“future shock” is now
• Grid needs to be powered up• The Potential can be tapped
• The ideal is also practical
The Nation's Health Dollars: Est.2002: $1.7 Trillion Dollars
Where It Came From
Size of Sums in playDistribution
ESTABLISH The PUBLIC HEALTH TRUST FUND
LEADERSHIP and SCIENCE BASED ACCOUNTABILITY
Probability of Being Uninsured for Population Under Age 65, By State, 1977-1999
Enormous at risk populations
A HOUSE DIVIDED CANNOT STAND Abraham Lincoln
Bettina I will add one on Children too
How to assure equity in health opportunity and realities?
UNIVERSAL ACCESS No Community Left Behind
Follow wise Ben Franklin
1900 The National Commission on Public Health
Amazing Technology: BIG BIOLOGY:boon and bane for Community Health
The 50th anniversaryOf Watson and CrickDNA Double Helix paper
For Heal Professionals an unlimited future……with delimited funding
Demographic Dynamics are Increasing Demands and Diversity: culture, cohorts, cities..
70 million Baby Boomers
Knowledge Management: Information doubles every three years
Discusses issues affecting Community and Public Health, with a special focus on education.
We can make a difference.
Your Role is Especially Important
Raise the bar for performance standards,
The demographics facing the workforce: 25 to 50 % retirementeligible Educational needs, career ladders, advocacy
Environmental Challenges: we are living on the space ship earth, reuniting health and
occupational and environmental professionals
13.4 Million Children Worldwide Have Lost One or Both Parents to AIDS
Chinese orphan sole caretaker of his HIV - AIDS
infected grandfather Blurring Local and Global Boundaries, what is the role of governments?
CREATING CAREER AND PROFESSIONAL OPPORTUNITIES
Impacting Health in the Information Age
125 million Americans regularly go on the web for health information
The next generation is born in the info-ageWe are “immigrants” to cyber-land
For MPHI it is “Back to the Future”: student leadership matters
joining hands is both visionary and practical