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August 15, 2023 • Safercare Texas, School of Public Health accessible learning, AIM-AHEAD, hybride online, learning certificate, Shafik Dharamsi, Teresa Wagner, Texas Department of State Health Services Certified Community Health Worker Training Center,
The School of Public Health at The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth recently became the new home of the Texas Department of State Health Services Certified Community Health Worker Training Center. The center provides essential certification and education to the rapidly growing workforce of Community Health Workers, known as CHWs,…
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August 7, 2023 • School of Public Health Dr. Scott Walters, Housing insecurity, mission trip, public health, School of Public Health,
How do School of Public Health faculty, staff and students from The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth spend their summers? Often, you will find them volunteering time in neighborhoods across the U.S. doing the hands-on work that builds healthier communities. Numerous studies show that housing quality and safety are key…
August 3, 2023 • Banner feature, School of Public Health animal health, Cowtown Friends of Fort Worth Animal Care & Control, Dr. Dana Litt, Fort Worth Animal Care & Control, public health, Shafik Dharamsi,
A faculty member of The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth’s School of Public Health has merged her passions for both human and animal health. Associate professor Dr. Dana Litt co-founded Cowtown Friends of Fort Worth Animal Care & Control in 2020 to provide support to the local municipal animal shelter through fundraising,…
July 25, 2023 • School of Public Health
The School of Public Health at The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth has launched a new academic department structure to advance its efforts to train a critically needed workforce in the fields of public health, health administration and health policy for Texas and beyond. The revised structure will include the…
June 6, 2023 • Safercare Texas, School of Public Health, Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine Age Friendly Emergency Services, Asthma 411, Brenda Godoy, Folasade Fashina, Institute for Health Improvement, Olivia Hurst, Patient Safety Congress, School of Public Health, Texas college of osteopathic medicine, The Patient Safety Congress, Transforming Rural Healthcare with Health Literacy,
Ensuring safe and equitable care for all is just one of the lessons students learned at a recent meeting of the Institute for Health Improvement’s Patient Safety Congress. SaferCare Texas, The University of North Texas Health Science Center’s patient safety institute, sponsored three students to attend the three-day event and learn from patient safety experts…
May 4, 2023 • School of Public Health eye care clinic, eye clinic, free eye exam, OneSight Essilorluxottica Foundation,
During The University of North Texas Health Science Center’s celebration of Public Health Week in April, student organizers from the university’s School of Public Health wanted to offer free eye exams and glasses to anyone in need. The organizers reached out to the OneSight Essilorluxottica Foundation, an international nonprofit committed to improving lives through better…
April 5, 2023 • School of Public Health global health, Know-do gap, public health, Public Health Week, Shakif Dharamsi,
Bridging the know-do gap is one of the myriad factors that promises to shape the future of public health. In this instance, the know-do gap refers to the global health system’s failure to implement the seemingly endless advances in research among different disciplines into policy and practice. Reconciling this scientific dissonance is a passion of…
April 3, 2023 • Banner feature, School of Public Health Community Health Block, Public Health Week, School of Public Health,
To celebrate Public Health Week on campus, students from The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth’s School of Public Health have planned a weeklong series of events that kicked off on Monday. The Community Health Block party featured more than 20 campus organizations who set up tables to dole out swag,…
March 30, 2023 • School of Public Health All for them, Christina Robinson, Crowley ISD, Erika Thompson, Fort Worth ISD, HPV, vaccines, vaccines in schools,
When Erika Thompson, Ph.D., received an invitation to bring more life-saving vaccines to children and adolescents in North Texas, she leapt at the opportunity. Thompson, an associate professor in the Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology at The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth’s School of Public Health, learned about the All…
March 16, 2023 • Multi School, School of Public Health, Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine Giving Kids a Smile, HPV vaccine, Human papillomavirus infection, School of Public Health, Texas college of osteopathic medicine, TWU’s dental hygiene program,
The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth is partnering with the Texas Woman’s University dental hygiene program to bring a new Healthy Smiles Initiative to the fourth annual Giving Kids a Smile event. TWU’s dental hygiene program has provided free oral care to children in North Texas for several years through…
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