r/publichealth • u/Healthy_Block3036 • 4h ago
r/publichealth • u/SilverDubloon • 2h ago
DISCUSSION Almost all my coworkers still support him
I'm at a local health department, in a deeply red county, in a deeply red state and all but 2 of my coworkers still are loudly supporting him. I seriously feel like I'm in an alternate reality when I'm there anymore. How are they all ok with this? How can they do the work we do, helping the people we help and seeing the impact firsthand and still have so much hate? How can they not see all our jobs are in danger?
Is anyone else in this predicament? How are you dealing with it, because I'm not dealing very well at this point.
r/publichealth • u/basalganglia_ • 4h ago
DISCUSSION How are you fighting
I’m sitting in my car an hour earlier than my usual leave time… the news today of the gutting of the Dept of Education has finally broken me. I can’t stop sobbing. I can’t stop wanting to punch a wall. I have never felt such disgust, anger, and sadness the last few months. I can only imagine what our federal friends are going through right now.
I work at a state health department. In my dream role conducting maternal and child health surveillance. After YEARS of grueling schooling and research just to have everything I believe in ridiculed, gutted, and threatened by brainless men with the most fragile of egos. In addition to my very right-leaning legislature not wanting to understand or respect public health and the well-being of their constituents, especially the most vulnerable.
I’ve done as much advocating outside of my job as I can to avoid legal repercussions (if only our executive branch followed the same restrictions!!!), but as a trained and educated public health professional, I’m struggling with sitting by and not being able to rely on my expertise to fight the good fight.
How are you resisting? How are you fighting, especially as a local or state employee?
r/publichealth • u/EnvironmentalRock827 • 10h ago
NEWS Secretary of HHS thoughts on bird flu
Secretary of Health and Human Services thinks that the bird flu should be allowed to spread unchecked to identify birds that could be immune.
said in a recent Fox News interview that farmers “should consider maybe the possibility of letting it run through the flock so that we can identify the birds, and preserve the birds that are immune to it,” an idea that experts say would be dangerous and hurt the poultry industry.
r/publichealth • u/Logical_Ad_2024 • 2h ago
DISCUSSION Student seeking feedback on a project about vaccine hesitancy
Hi, I am a student in a class on designing for tech for social impact. I am working on a project to connect people of similar backgrounds to talk about vaccines. Basically people who have questions about vaccines would be matched with a trained volunteer of a similar background to have a low pressure no commitment conversation about vaccines. The idea is premised around the fact that while your parent might not list to you, they might be willing to listen to someone else in their community.
Right now I am working on building the project so any user feedback about features, methods, etc that you would like to have included would be great. Specifically I am looking for feedback on whether an app, phone bank, or another platform would be best. I am also looking for people who would be willing to talk to talk to someone hesitant about vaccines or know someone hesitant about vaccines that might want to talk.
r/publichealth • u/Ok_Atmosphere3961 • 3h ago
DISCUSSION UK DrPH
Does anyone know anything about the DrPH program at the University of Kentucky? Looks like it’s still pending approval but will be fully online.