193: A New Way to Address Dementia

Chelsea Kline, Associate Director of the Center of Excellence with the Alzheimer's Association, discusses a workshop planned in July that will give public health professionals the chance to learn how to address dementia through the social determinants of health; Admiral Rachel Levine, the 17th Assistant Secretary for Health for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, talks about the importance of June’s Pride month recognition; ASTHO publishes a new article that addresses the need to collect accurate race and ethnicity data and examines a CDC tool that helps target limited resources in rural and frontier areas of the country; and in a new ASTHO video discussion, two North Carolina state health officials tell how they have managed federal public health funds.

Public Health Center of Excellence Workshop Sign-Up

Alzheimer’s Association Webpage: Alzheimer's Association Public Health Efforts

Journal of Public Health Management & Practice Article: Strategies to Operationalize Health Equity in State and Territorial Health Departments

ASTHO Blog Article: Timely Spending: North Carolina's Approach to Efficiently Utilizing Federal Funds