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Learn How the Arizona State Legislature Works with this Engaging Podcast

The Arizona State Legislature will meet on Monday, January 8, 2024. Many legislators will hit the ground running with bills that they already have in the hopper. See the bills that have been pre-filed so far

That means we need to be ready to fight for good bills, fight against bad bills, and be prepared to advocate for adjustments for bills somewhere in the middle right out of the box.

You can prepare your advocacy chops before the legislative session starts by listening to the Arizona Common Ground podcast, an eight-episode educational podcast series that gives a behind the scenes glimpse of the state legislative system and learn how bills can become laws. The Consumable Podcast Series is Available as:

Krista Romero-Cardenas, MPH, a former senior instructional specialist for the Western Region Public Health Training Center and alumna of the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health is the creator and host of the Arizona Common Ground podcast – an eight-episode educational podcast series that will take you through the process of how bills are passed in Arizona.

This is a must-listen to podcast for anybody interested in learning how the Arizona State Legislature makes the sausage!

ARIZONA COMMON GROUND
By AzPHA Member Krista R. Cardenas, MPH 
The podcast series is available as ARIZONA COMMON GROUND on Apple Podcasts
ARIZONA COMMON GROUND | Podcast on Spotify
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Arizona Legislative Session Begins Monday, January 13: Here’s Our Advocacy Approach

January 13 marks the beginning of the 2025 legislative session. The kickoff will be the Governor’s address to the legislature where she’ll outline what she sees as priorities.

AzPHA will follow the session closely and express our support or opposition to bills based on a simple core principle…  we support bills that will have a positive impact on public health especially when they are evidence-based or evidence-informed.  We will oppose bills that are likely to have a negative impact on public health. 

Our support or opposition to bills is located on the https://www.azleg.gov/ site under RTS Current Bill Positions. We have a host of Resolutions that also guide our advocacy which are posted on our website.

The fact that we have Resolutions on so many core public health priorities make it easy for us to be swift with our support or opposition. Our Resolutions go all the way back to the 1930s. They are initiated by either the Board or our members and all resolutions have been voted on and approved by our members.

Our Public Health Policy Committee has a discussion board on Basecamp and that’s also where we post information, research and documents related to public health policy.  Let me know if you’d like to sign up for that Basecamp site at [email protected].

Our policy committee also has conference calls Fridays at 2pm starting January 17. Details are in our policy committee basecamp (email me at [email protected] to get access to the members policy committee Basecamp).

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Transforming Public Health Practice With Generative Artificial Intelligence

Transforming Public Health Practice With Generative Artificial Intelligence | Health Affairs

Abstract: Public health practice appears poised to undergo a transformative shift as a result of the latest advancements in artificial intelligence (AI). These changes will usher in a new era of public health, charged with responding to deficiencies found during the COVID-19 pandemic and managing investments required to meet the health needs of the twenty-first century.

In this Commentary, we explore how AI is being used in public health, and we describe the advanced capabilities of generative AI models capable of producing synthetic content such as images, videos, audio, text, and other digital content.

Viewing the use of AI from the perspective of health departments in the United States, we examine how this new technology can support core public health functions with a focus on near-term opportunities to improve communication, optimize organizational performance, and generate novel insights to drive decision making.

Finally, we review the challenges and risks associated with these technologies, offering suggestions for health officials to harness the new tools to carry out public health goals.

Three Applications for Generative AI Models in Public Health

Public Communication

Organizational Performance

Novel Insights

Public health has the potential to rapidly evolve with the advent of new technologies. But ultimately, AI, including generative AI, is just a tool, similar to a vaccine or genomic surveillance.

Public health practitioners will need to master the new tools and learn to use them as part of a larger public health strategy. This discussion reviews the use of AI and presented three early use cases for generative AI related to communications, organizational performance, and generating novel insights that align with three of the eight core capabilities defined in the Foundational Public Health Services framework.

Transforming Public Health Practice With Generative Artificial Intelligence | Health Affairs
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