AZPHA Coffee & Conversations Trends in Cancer Screening among Arizona Medicaid Members: 2018-2024
AZPHA Coffee & Conversations Trends in Cancer Screening among Arizona Medicaid Members: 2018-2024 Register Here Biography – Gloria D. Coronado, PhD Dr. Gloria Coronado is an epidemiologist and cancer prevention researcher who serves as Associate Director for Population Sciences at the University of Arizona Cancer Center and Professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics. With over 25 years of experience in cancer research, Dr. Coronado specializes in developing community-
Arizona’s Legislative Session Still in the Hurry-Up-and-Wait Phase
Arizona’s legislative session is in its standard late-session opacity pattern. Budget talks are happening behind closed doors, and most other major work is waiting for the budget deal. The players are the (R) House and Senate appropriations chairs (Montenegro & Petersen) along with Governor Hobbs. Last week’s KJZZ’s recent interview with Capitol reporter Howard Fischer suggests a deal may be getting close. This week at the Arizona Legislature: How close
Ebola: U.S. Surrenders Global Public Health Leadership
The Obama administration didn’t get everything right during the 2014 Ebola outbreak, especially at the beginning. Our response was way too slow at first and didn’t really start until an infected traveler arrived in Dallas, sparking public interest in the local threat and exposing gaps in domestic hospital readiness. But once the Obama administration got their act together it was all-hands-on-deck. The response became a cross-government effort with the US
Potential 2026 Ballot Measures: A Public Health Perspective
Once the budget deal is done, expect a fast-moving wave of ballot referrals. These measures don’t go to the Governor. If they pass both chambers, they go straight to voters. That makes them one of the Legislature’s most powerful tools to shape policy without the risk of a veto. Here are the key referrals with public health or civic health implications that have already cleared at least one chamber: Potential
Hantavirus on a Cruise Ship: Serious, But Not a Pandemic in the Making
There’s been a lot of hype over the last couple weeks about hantavirus cases linked to a cruise ship that left Argentina on April 1 and later reported several severe illnesses and deaths linked to a hantavirus. It’s good to take this seriously. Hantavirus can be dangerous for the people who get sick. But let’s keep this in perspective: this is not the beginning of a pandemic. The strain is
Preventable Deaths: A Public Health Crisis Behind Bars
Guest blog from AzPHA member Andy Hall, MS, PhD Many are aware of the class-action litigation over healthcare in Arizona’s prisons that began in 2012, and many know that the system’s healthcare program was recently placed in receivership after years of failure to meet Constitutional standards. Meanwhile, a healthcare crisis in the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) jails has gone largely unnoticed. I paid the jails no attention until the Arizona Republic ran a