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April 2021

THE HEALTH WORKFORCE: AN IMPLICIT ASSUMPTION

Discusses some reasons why placing a greater focus on the individuals who provide health care services is warranted. Read More

BIDEN ADMINISTRATION PROPOSED BUDGET

Lists some spending highlights, along with ASAHP activities in government relations. Read More

HEALTH REFORM DEVELOPMENTS

Looks at the importance of initiatives to improve health care quality and the implications of developing a public option for health insurance. Read More

DEVELOPMENTS IN HIGHER EDUCATION

Refers to the problem of sexual harassment in educational institutions, along with citing the value of national data gathering by federal agencies. Read More

QUICK STAT (SHORT, TIMELY, AND TOPICAL)

  • Childhood Disability In The United States, 2019

  • U.S. Births: Final Data For 2019

  • Electronic Skin From Flexibility To A Sense Of Touch

  • Genome-Wide Programmable Transcriptional Memory By CRISPR-Based Epigenome Editing Read More

OBTAINABLE RESOURCES

  • Applying Systems Thinking To Regenerative Medicine

  • Shared Equity Leadership: Making Equity Everyone’s Work

  • Black And White Patients In Hospitals With Worse Safety Conditions Read More

OUTBREAKS OF “AGEISM” IN THREE NATIONS REGARDING COVID-19

Indicates eruptions that emerged over the social and economic costs of protecting older adults from this disease. Read More

PREVALENCE OF MEDIA SOCIAL ADDICTION

Pertains to how the problematic use of these forms of communication technology run the risk of impairing users’ psychosocial functioning and well-being. Read More

 

2021-2022 ASSOCIATION CALENDAR OF EVENTS


TRENDS is the official newsletter of the Association of Schools Advancing Health Professions (122 C St. NW, Suite 200, Washington, D.C., 20001. Tel: 202-237-6481) Trends is published 10 times each year and is available on the Association’s website at www.asahp.org. For more information, contact the editor, Thomas W. Elwood, Dr.PH.


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