Good day and happy November!
As public health professionals we see the world a little differently than most. We know that the work we do is rarely isolated to a small subset of people or communities, often the outcome of our work has impacts across our state and influences national and/or global practices. In this spirit I want to pose a question to this community:
How do we ensure equal access to resources for communities in rural, tribal, or otherwise frontier areas?
I want to hear ways that help identify, address, and overcome access issues in your respective communities. Please share stories of your own, or those you may be familiar with. Although we are focused on informatics in this community, please feel free to also share other stories that address public health access in rural, tribal, or frontier communities. Here's a few questions to get you thinking:
- Where are communities having limited or marginal access to public health resources?
- What are the major barriers in addressing access?
- What are the consequences of these barriers?
- Have these barriers been addressed?
- If so, what was the outcome?
- If not, how could be find the solutions?
Excided to hear your stories and learn ways we can ensure gaps in public health can be bridged!
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Sean Hannigan
Specialist, Informatics
sean.hannigan@aphl.org
240-485-2713
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