Our last issue on health policy was in December 2019 (Health Policy: The Road to Value-Based Care) – just before theCOVID-19 pandemic, which disrupted so much of our world and challenged the policies and interventions that had been inplace for decades. For those of us who have lived through a few pandemics (think H1N1, SARS, and HIV/AIDS), it started offfeeling like a rehash of the past – but proved to be far more challenging with the addition of politics – quite a strange bedfellow
Table of Contents
3 | In This Issue
Omar A. Khan, M.D., M.H.S. and Timothy E. Gibbs, M.P.H.
4 | The DJPH Experience
Timothy E. Gibbs, M.P.H.
5 | Highlights from the Nation’s Health
6 | A (Brief) History of Health Policy in the United States
Katherine Smith, M.D., M.P.H.
12 | Health Literacy as a Pathway to Wellbeing: A Celebration of Health Literacy Month
Greg O’Neill, M.S.N., A.P.R.N., A.G.C.N.S.-B.C. and Peggy Geisler
14 | Unraveling Healthcare Shortages in Delaware and Charting a Course for Equity and Resilience
Nicole Sabine, B.S. and Timothy E. Gibbs, M.P.H.
20 | Family Medicine Training in the US and Delaware: Opportunities and Growth in Primary Care Workforce
Omar A. Khan, M.D., M.H.S., F.A.A.F.P.; Erin M. Kavanaugh, M.D., F.A.A.F.P.; Robert A. Monteleone, M.D.; Brintha Vasagar, M.D., F.A.A.F.P.; and Joyce F. Robert, M.D., F.A.A.F.P
24 | The DPH Bulletin – December 2023
26 | Drought: Ten to Do Ten
Bridget Knitowski
34 | Fogarty International – Global Health Matters
46 | Delaware Healthcare Workforce Update
Timothy E. Gibbs, M.P.H. and Matt McNeill, B.S.
70 | Opportunities to Improve Outcomes for Families with Children through the Community Choice Demonstration (Reprint)
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
72 | Index of Advertisers