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In Louisiana, Public Health Workers Combat Vaccine …

(Just Now) WEBSHREVEPORT, La. — Dr. Martha Whyte, the top public health official in the northwest corner of Louisiana, was sitting at the back of a City Council meeting here on a muggy day recently when she

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/25/us/politics/louisiana-covid-vaccine-misinformation.html

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Louisiana's Struggle To Get Its Health Care Workers Vaccinated

(7 days ago) WEBIn Louisiana, COVID-19 vaccination rates are rising, but they are still among the lowest in the country. As cases surge, vaccine hesitancy among health care …

https://www.npr.org/2021/08/10/1026322830/louisianas-struggle-to-get-its-health-care-workers-vaccinated-against-covid

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‘Their tank is empty’: Local public health officials combat staff

(7 days ago) WEBWASHINGTON — Eighteen months into the COVID-19 pandemic, state and local public health departments that were already struggling with too few workers and …

https://lailluminator.com/2021/09/30/their-tank-is-empty-local-public-health-officials-combat-staff-burnout-low-pay-harassment/

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Louisiana Department of Health pushes back against COVID-19

(8 days ago) WEBDecember 06, 2021. BATON ROUGE, LA - The Louisiana Department of Health (LDH) pushed back against COVID-19 misinformation in today’s Louisiana House Committee …

https://ldh.la.gov/news/6433

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Louisiana Finds Creative Ways to Provide Access to …

(1 days ago) WEBThe Louisiana Department of Health saw the importance of peer messaging – especially in engaging young people. So, the Louisiana Teen Vax Campaign’s Youth Ambassador Program was formed to promote …

https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/covid-19/health-departments/features/louisiana-covid-19-vaccination.html

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Community Health Worker Leadership In Louisiana, During and …

(7 days ago) WEBCatherine G. Haywood, BSW, Dana R. Feist, MEd, Meredith K. Sugarman, MPH, Pascaline Ezouah, MPH, and Ashley Wennerstrom, PhD, MPH Catherine G. …

https://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/full/10.2105/AJPH.2020.305741

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Community Health Worker Leadership In Louisiana, During and …

(3 days ago) WEBCommunity health workers (CHWs) have been building capacity among underresourced populations in the United States for decades by addressing health inequity and its …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7483096/

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LSU Health Funded to Support Community Health Workers for …

(2 days ago) WEBLSU Health Funded to Support Community Health Workers for Pandemic Response. October 12, 2021. LSU Health New Orleans has been awarded $2,314,161 by the …

https://www.lsuhsc.edu/newsroom/LSU%20Health%20Funded%20to%20Support%20Community%20Health%20Workers%20for%20Pandemic%20Response.html

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Resilience Force recruits 10 new community health workers into

(9 days ago) WEBResilience Force recruits 10 new community health workers into Jefferson Parish to combat COVID-19. Published 12:01 am Saturday, October 23, 2021 it is …

https://www.lobservateur.com/2021/10/23/resilience-force-recruits-10-new-community-health-workers-into-jefferson-parish-to-combat-covid-19/

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State Community Health Worker Policies: Louisiana - NASHP

(1 days ago) WEBCPT codes 9896x (self-management education and training, 30-minute units) Federally qualified health centers use HCPCS codes T1015, H2020, or D0999 plus an …

https://nashp.org/state-tracker/state-community-health-worker-policies/louisiana/

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Analysis: Louisiana health department targeting disparities

(4 days ago) WEBPublished 1:00 PM PDT, February 2, 2020. BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — In a poverty-ridden state plagued with dismal health outcomes, Louisiana’s health …

https://apnews.com/article/business-health-louisiana-race-and-ethnicity-0565df10bee13beac0f2cc7d6ffc4ce6

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Invest in public health for healthier communities - Louisiana …

(3 days ago) WEBThe state has made small gains in improving public health investments, but much more remains to be done. The Office of Public Health launched a pilot program in …

https://www.labudget.org/2020/09/invest-in-public-health-for-healthier-communities/

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The Role of Public Health in Combating Environmental Toxins

(8 days ago) WEBEnvironmental Toxins: Health Impacts and the Role of Public Health Professionals. February 1, 2021. Uncategorized. Environmental toxins are unavoidable. …

https://publichealth.tulane.edu/blog/environmental-toxins/

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States Engage Community Health Workers to Combat COVID-19 …

(8 days ago) WEBAs recent data shows, COVID-19’s infection and death rates illustrate the profound racial and ethnic disparities in the nation’s health care system and the social …

https://nashp.org/states-engage-community-health-workers-to-combat-covid-19-and-health-inequities/

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Community HealthWays La Dept. of Health - Louisiana …

(9 days ago) WEBThe Community HealthWays program is supported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of a …

https://www.ldh.la.gov/chways

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Promoting Community Health Worker Leadership in Policy

(Just Now) WEBCommunity health workers (CHWs) are effective in improving public health, and many states are developing policy to support the workforce. In 2019, the …

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10900-020-00843-7

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Promoting Community Health Worker Leadership in Policy

(1 days ago) WEBCommunity health workers (CHWs) are effective in improving public health, and many states are developing policy to support the workforce. In 2019, the Louisiana legislature …

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32448981/

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COVID-19 Vaccine La Dept. of Health - Louisiana Department of …

(2 days ago) WEBReport to OPH. Immediately (24/7) report severe COVID-19 vaccine reactions requiring hospitalization to the Office of Public Health (OPH) at 1-800-256-2748.For more …

https://ldh.la.gov/covidvaccine/

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Greater New Orleans Foundation Awards $700,000 in Grants to …

(Just Now) WEBNEW ORLEANS – Today, the Greater New Orleans Foundation awarded $700,000 to nonprofits in Southeast Louisiana to help combat long-term health …

https://www.gnof.org/greater-new-orleans-foundation-awards-700000-in-grants-to-combat-health-disparities-in-southeast-louisiana-magnified-by-covid-19/

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In Louisiana, Efforts to Address Obesity Must Consider the Whole …

(Just Now) WEBHealth care providers and policy experts gathered in New Orleans, Louisiana, to discuss the complex interplay between food insecurity and obesity as well …

https://www.ajmc.com/view/in-louisiana-efforts-to-address-obesity-must-consider-the-whole-person-work-outside-the-clinic-and-respect-culture

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Louisiana Passes Legislation to Address Violence Against …

(Just Now) WEBAs part of a nation-wide trend, the Louisiana legislature recently passed two bills focusing on workplace violence in the healthcare industry. Act No. 129 makes …

https://www.americanbar.org/groups/health_law/section-news/2022/august/la-passes-legislation-to-address-violence-against-healthcare-workers/

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Ending the HIV Epidemic in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana

(9 days ago) WEBLouisiana’s East Baton Rouge Parish has been hit hard by HIV—the rate of people living with HIV is three times higher than the national average.But the parish is galvanized to …

https://www.cdc.gov/endhiv/action/stories/east-baton-rouge-intro.html

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LA Republicans vote to limit strikes by public workers Louisiana

(1 days ago) WEBMetro sanitation workers on strike gather to have conversations and talk about City Waste Union membership as they begin to create their own union chapter, in the …

https://www.nola.com/news/politics/legislature/la-republicans-vote-to-limit-strikes-by-public-workers/article_d49970a6-0336-11ef-a961-43efb0869933.html

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Fact Sheet on FTC’s Proposed Final Noncompete Rule

(6 days ago) WEBSpecifically, the final rule defines the term “senior executive” to refer to workers earning more than $151,164 annually who are in a “policy-making position.”. …

https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2024/04/fact-sheet-ftcs-proposed-final-noncompete-rule

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