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Past, Present, and Future: Collaborations among national student and professional organizations. January 10, 2004, Washington, DC Jay H. Glasser, PhD , MS President, MPHI. Catalyzed by a talk presented by Roy Schwarz, MD “Medicine and Public Health: a Costly Estrangement”.
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Past, Present, and Future: Collaborations among national student and professional organizations. January 10, 2004, Washington, DC Jay H.Glasser, PhD , MS President, MPHI
Catalyzed by a talk presented by Roy Schwarz, MD “Medicine and Public Health: a Costly Estrangement”
THE APHA and AMA Medicine and Public Health Initiative Building sustainable national and state alliances
The Three Major Goals • EDUCATION Graduate and Undergraduate Continuing Practice • APPLIED RESEACH Cross discipline Translational • COMMUNITY DEMONSTRATION Outcomes and Evaluation Population based health
OPEN ARCHITECTURE AND COMMUNICATION NETWORK The Medicine & Public Health Initiative
Dateline 9/11 NYC: Awaiting the injured who never came Rethinking not only preparedness…we TRULY are at the CUSP
OLD STYLE PANDEMICS
At the Gates - Our Safety Depends on Eternal Vigilance Public Health is largely responsible for the greatest increases in human life span But is “Invisible” to the public
THEN AND NOW: the story of the WORLD TOBACCO CONVENTION, AUGUST COLUMN: the Power to Move ideas • Worlds greatest • preventable cause • of death • But as a society we • vacillate on • control • economics • prevention
Obesity Trends* Among U.S. AdultsBRFSS, 1992 1992 Source: Mokdad A H, et al. J Am Med Assoc1999;282:16, 2001;286:10.
Obesity Trends* Among U.S. AdultsBRFSS, 2001 2001 Source: Mokdad A H, et al. J Am Med Assoc1999;282:16, 2001;286:10.
MPHI POWER GRID Analogy“future shock” is now • Grid needs to be powered up • The Potential can be tapped • The ideal is also practical
The Nation's Health Dollars: Est.2002: $1.7 Trillion Dollars Where It Came From ESTABLISH The PUBLIC HEALTH TRUST FUND Distribution Size of Sums in play
A HOUSE DIVIDED CANNOT STAND Abraham Lincoln Probability of Being Uninsured for Population Under Age 65, By State, 1977-1999 Bettina I will add one on Children too Enormous at risk populations
How to assure equity in health opportunity and realities? UNIVERSAL ACCESS No Community Left Behind Follow wise Ben Franklin 1900 The National Commission on Public Health
Amazing Technology: BIG BIOLOGY:boon and bane for Community Health The 50th anniversary Of Watson and Crick DNA Double Helix paper For Heal Professionals an unlimited future…… with delimited funding
Demographic Dynamics are Increasing Demands and Diversity: culture, cohorts, cities..
Education Forum Discusses issues affecting Community and Public Health, with a special focus on education. We can make a difference.
Raise the bar for performance standards, The demographics facing the workforce: 25 to 50 % retirement eligible Educational needs, career ladders, advocacy
Environmental Challenges: we are living on the space ship earth, reuniting health and occupational and environmental professionals
13.4 Million Children Worldwide Have Lost One or Both Parents to AIDS Chinese orphan sole caretaker of his HIV - AIDS infected grandfather Blurring Local and Global Boundaries, what is the role of governments?
Impacting Health in the Information Age125 million Americans regularly go on the web for health information The next generation is born in the info-age We are “immigrants” to cyber-land
For MPHI it is “Back to the Future”: student leadership matters joining hands is both visionary and practical