Inside NHPHA: Message from the Executive Director

Dear Members:

Happy Wednesday! Today, I want to start by welcoming our new organization and individual members who joined NHPHA last month: NH Businesses for Social Responsibility, Makin It Happen, Jabeen Ahmad from Dartmouth Health, and Jenna Finnerty from Tempus Unlimited. Welcome to NHPHA! You will meet them in December at the Team Up Take Action ...
Hanan Babikir Bedri
Executive Director
​New Hampshire Public Health Association

As Suicide Deaths Increase in the U.S., Experts Clamor for Strategies and Solutions

There is little doubt that mental illness is a public health crisis in the United States (Angus et al., 2023; Edwards et al., 2023; Lange et al., 2023; Rozek et al., 2023; Snopkowski & Turner, 2023). While there are many negative components to mental ...
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Researchers Claim Most U.S. Weather-Related Deaths Occur in Low-Income Areas

It does not take a public health professional to understand that major disparities exist in the United States. These disparities are largely socioeconomic in nature and are reflected in such components as poverty, disabilities, and early death ...

Redefining Pain Treatments: Scientists Discover New Medication to Reduce and Possibly Eliminate Pain

Unfortunately, pain is an issue that almost everyone experiences frequently, with about 20% of the U.S. population dealing with some kind of chronic pain (and 5% experiencing pain that significantly reduces their quality of life) (Bonetti et al., 2023; Diller & Master, 2023; Levy et al., 2023). Chronic pain costs ...

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James Harker, Jr., MS, MPH

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

Public Health Informatics Specialist​
New Hampshire
Health Care Project Manager
New Hampshire
Manager II Behavioral Health Services
Manchester, NH
Health Educator - Northeast Region
Nashua, NH
HIM Director
Derry, NH

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Karlene Allwood-Knoff, MPH
​Infection Prevention Specialist, Southern New Hampshire Health

The Staffing Fiasco: New Hampshire Faces a Severe Medical Staff Shortage

Staff shortages are a significant hindrance to any business, organization, or profession's success. This is currently the situation in New Hampshire. For the past several months, numerous clinics, hospitals, nursing homes, and physicians' offices have ...
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A Changing World: Recent Wildfires Are Promoting Action on Behalf of Public Health Professionals

When people discuss the effects of climate change, they will likely mention aspects such as severe weather, melting icebergs, and increasing temperatures. However, one indication of the changes that are occurring to the climate is the alarming rate ...

Recreational Marijuana Use: Does "Legal" Mean "Safe?" 

Currently, marijuana is legal for medical use in 38 states and for recreational use in 23, along with two territories and Washington, D.C. (Lachance et al., 2023; Murez, 2023; Navarro, 2023). Also, it is hypothesized that at least five more states will legalize ...

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

Research Coordinator I
Lebanon, NH
Public Health Nurse Specialist
Concord, NH
Patient Advocate
Lebanon, NH
Case Management Specialist 2
 Portsmouth, NH

TEAM UP TAKE ACTION CONFERENCE

Friday, December 1, 2023  I  8:00 am - 5:30 pm  I  Hanover Inn Dartmouth
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Do We Have "Happiness" Wrong? Evidence Reveals What Does and Does Not Increase Happiness

In today's fast-paced, chaotic, anxiety-provoking world, people struggle to find happiness. In fact, according to an article by Fortier and Morgan (2022), over 65% of people choose "being happy" and "feeling satisfied" as two essential goals that they wish to obtain in life. But what, exactly, is "happiness?" According to experts in the fields of psychology and psychiatry, "happiness" comprises an emotional side (the emotions that people "feel" in their lives) and a cognitive ...

Disabilities and Deaths Due to Air Pollution Continue to Increase – What Are the Reasons for It?

The first two decades of the 21st century have brought about many significant, impressive changes, especially in relation to aspects of public health, but one of the biggest of these consists of the steps taken to reduce air pollution throughout the world (Bi et al., 2023; Dehghani et al., 2022; Supasri et al., 2023; Wu et al., 2021). For decades, it was understood that pollution was linked to many adverse health conditions, but little was actually being done to combat the problem (Bi et al., 2023; Dehghani et al., 2022; Wang et al., 2022). However, this began to shift in the 1990s, and since then, a lot has changed worldwide. Carbon emissions have been greatly reduced, oceans and other water sources are cleaner, and some regions of the world are experiencing fewer “symptoms” of climate change (Gan et al., 2022; Mueller et al., 2023). Despite these impressive steps, data ...

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