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  • The Future Starts Here

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    NPHW 2025 The future begins now. Everyone can take steps to strengthen public health because it begins with all of us. We can take steps individually and collectively. Some of the actions we can take include contacting our members of Congress regarding the prioritization of public health funding, supporting the next generation of the public…

  • Advocacy Starts Here

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    NPHW 2025 Advocacy Focus defines advocacy as giving a person support to have their voice heard. It is a service aimed at helping people understand their rights and express their views. In public health advocacy, people use their voices to influence changes that create a healthier world for all people (APHA, 2025). Public health advocacy…

  • Health Equity Starts Here

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    NPHW 2025 The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC, 2024) defines health equity as the state in which everyone has a fair and just opportunity to attain their highest level of health. This idea is shared and goes a bit further when described by the World Health Organization (WHO, 2025). The WHO has declared…

  • Climate Action Starts Here: Building Resilience for All

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    NPHW 2025 Everyone is affected by this world’s climate. Unfortunately, it can affect some people more adversely than others. Usually, those people are not the ones who have made decisions or taken actions that have produced outcomes that negatively affect the environment, whether that be the air, water and in some cases the soil. Everyone…

  • National Public Health Week 2025: It Starts Here

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    Many are aware of the 10 achievements of public health (e.g., vaccinations, motor-vehicle safety, safer workplaces, infectious disease control, coronary heart disease and stroke declines, safer/healthier foods, healthier mothers and babies, family planning, drinking water fluoridation, and tobacco recognized as a health hazard). Yet, public health achievements continue to be made. The graphic illustrates some…