Academic Public Health Perspectives
Expert voices on public health from ASPPH and our member community
Academic Public Health Perspectives is a dedicated space for expert viewpoints and reflective commentary from ASPPH and our member community. This collection features opinion pieces and essays that explore both timely and enduring issues shaping public health and academic public health, creating a searchable, authoritative archive of ideas and voices advancing the field. We invite members and partners to submit original, accessible contributions that share insight, raise questions, and reflect the leadership of academic public health.
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Maternal Health Programs Need a Continuity Budget, Not Just a Launch Budget
After giving birth, a woman leaves the hospital with discharge instructions and a referral. But the specialist has not received her records, the first appointment is weeks away, and the…
When Two Roads Diverge, Take Them Both: Connecting Environmental and Occupational Health
With few exceptions, every industrial chemical exposure that threatens “environmental health” emerged from a workplace, often at a higher concentration. A similar pattern often occurs with ionizing radiation and even…
Nevada Can Prevent Congenital Syphilis. Testing Is Only the First Step.
I traveled more than 9,000 miles from Las Vegas to Zanzibar this summer to study how climate change exposes weaknesses in health systems. I expected to come home thinking about…
Maternal Health Has an Implementation Problem
Maternal health does not suffer from a shortage of recommendations. We have clinical guidelines, maternal warning-sign campaigns, mental health screening recommendations, referral programs, community resources, educational materials, toolkits, hotlines, and…
Integrating Educator Skills into Doctoral Education in Public Health: The Need for an ASPPH Conversation
For the ASPPH Doctoral Educator Skills Working Group The term professor is derived from profess, meaning “to teach.” Yet today, public health professors face many challenges, including balancing teaching and…