Eva N Pardo,Galen Joseph,Elizabeth M Rojo,Suzana Beyene,Kelly D Taylor,Edwin D Charlebois,Stuart A Gansky,Kim F Rhoads
{"title":"The Health Equity Action Network Research Coordinating Center Facilitates Meaningful Community Engagement to Promote Health Equity.","authors":"Eva N Pardo,Galen Joseph,Elizabeth M Rojo,Suzana Beyene,Kelly D Taylor,Edwin D Charlebois,Stuart A Gansky,Kim F Rhoads","doi":"10.2105/ajph.2025.308177","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2105/ajph.2025.308177","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7647,"journal":{"name":"American journal of public health","volume":"51 1","pages":"S98-S103"},"PeriodicalIF":12.7,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144488001","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yvonne Anderson,Renee Artis,Mona AuYoung,Quentin Ball,Ana Leon Bella,Yelba Castellon-Lopez,Jack Cheng,Ray Cheung,Elizabeth Cohn,Louise Fonua,Heng Lam Foong,Judelysse Gomez,Krystal Griffith-Lloyd,Alana M W LeBrón,Julia Mangione,Mellissa McLeod,Keith Norris,Leah Perez Ba,Pam Pimentel,Sora Tanjasiri,Christopher Tenorio,Amelia Vernon,Michael Viera,Aziza Lucas Wright MEd,Helena Williams
{"title":"Developing Strategic and Collaborative Community-Academic Partnerships to Improve Community Health, From Moving Upstream to Getting at the Root.","authors":"Yvonne Anderson,Renee Artis,Mona AuYoung,Quentin Ball,Ana Leon Bella,Yelba Castellon-Lopez,Jack Cheng,Ray Cheung,Elizabeth Cohn,Louise Fonua,Heng Lam Foong,Judelysse Gomez,Krystal Griffith-Lloyd,Alana M W LeBrón,Julia Mangione,Mellissa McLeod,Keith Norris,Leah Perez Ba,Pam Pimentel,Sora Tanjasiri,Christopher Tenorio,Amelia Vernon,Michael Viera,Aziza Lucas Wright MEd,Helena Williams","doi":"10.2105/ajph.2025.308092","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2105/ajph.2025.308092","url":null,"abstract":"Community partners have experienced inequity and lack of transparency in funding practices. Funding for community partners is a critical component of community-engaged research, as it influences community trust and opportunities. We compared contextual and site-specific factors at 2 centers (in New York City; Los Angeles and Orange Counties, CA) with different community-funding approaches, which influence institutional capacity to partner with and support community-based organizations. We describe community participatory and engaged research activities in two centers in a National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities-funded national consortium, describing each center's process for funding community-based organizations. We present lessons learned from ongoing collaborative efforts between community-based organizations, community action boards, and research institutions. We discuss successes and opportunities for growth in our efforts to support community-based organization partners, resources to help sustain their health equity programs, the importance of long-term institutional investment to sustain this type of support, and the potential for institutional-level changes that increase trustworthiness and sustainable outcomes. We advocate for systemic changes in institutional focus and resource investment to better respond to community needs. (Am J Public Health. 2025;115(S2):S152-S163. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2025.308092).","PeriodicalId":7647,"journal":{"name":"American journal of public health","volume":"635 1","pages":"S152-S163"},"PeriodicalIF":12.7,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144488009","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Destruction of Public Health and the Environment in Wars in Gaza and Beyond: What Must be Done.","authors":"Leonard Rubenstein","doi":"10.2105/AJPH.2025.308175","DOIUrl":"10.2105/AJPH.2025.308175","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7647,"journal":{"name":"American journal of public health","volume":"115 7","pages":"1050-1052"},"PeriodicalIF":9.6,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12160634/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144273996","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ahlam Abuawad, Mark Griffiths, Graham H Edwards, Adan Eftekhari, Mohammed Al-Ebweini, Husam Al-Najar, Abeer Butmeh, Rasha Abu Dayyeh, Mohamed El-Shewy, Amira Aker
{"title":"The Ongoing Environmental Destruction and Degradation of Gaza: The Resulting Public Health Crisis.","authors":"Ahlam Abuawad, Mark Griffiths, Graham H Edwards, Adan Eftekhari, Mohammed Al-Ebweini, Husam Al-Najar, Abeer Butmeh, Rasha Abu Dayyeh, Mohamed El-Shewy, Amira Aker","doi":"10.2105/AJPH.2025.308140","DOIUrl":"10.2105/AJPH.2025.308140","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This essay examines the resulting environmental health conditions in Gaza since October 2023. Evidence is drawn from international agency reports and peer-reviewed literature to document destruction and public health impacts over 18 months. Key themes include water, sanitation, contamination, noise and air pollution, food insecurity, susceptible populations, health system collapse, and trauma. Palestinians are beset with a public health crisis resulting from targeted environmental destruction. Water shortages and sewage contamination increase dehydration, famine, and disease. Air pollution from explosives and waste burning exposes residents to toxins. Waste management has collapsed, heightening disease outbreaks, including polio. Agricultural land is devastated, and food security is threatened with the aid blockade. Power grid destruction has crippled essential services. The health care system's collapse further exacerbates risks, especially for susceptible populations. In addition to mental and physical trauma, cultural and identity loss are immeasurable. The crisis in Gaza has severe and lasting consequences for health, the environment, and regional stability. An end to the bombardment, along with urgent humanitarian aid, release of all hostages, infrastructure rebuilding, and environmental remediation, are essential to mitigate long-term impacts. (<i>Am J Public Health</i>. 2025;115(7):1053-1061. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2025.308140).</p>","PeriodicalId":7647,"journal":{"name":"American journal of public health","volume":"115 7","pages":"1053-1061"},"PeriodicalIF":9.6,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12160645/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144274013","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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{"title":"Advancing the Science of Meaningful Community Engagement Strategies: Contributions From the Nationwide Health Equity Action Network.","authors":"Lorna E Thorpe,Nadia Islam","doi":"10.2105/ajph.2025.308170","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2105/ajph.2025.308170","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7647,"journal":{"name":"American journal of public health","volume":"21 1","pages":"S95-S97"},"PeriodicalIF":12.7,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144488013","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Ensuring Quality in Scientific Publication Through Inclusivity and Transparency.","authors":"Meredith Loui, Alfredo Morabia","doi":"10.2105/AJPH.2025.308174","DOIUrl":"10.2105/AJPH.2025.308174","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7647,"journal":{"name":"American journal of public health","volume":"115 7","pages":"966-967"},"PeriodicalIF":9.6,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12160656/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144273998","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Personal Reflections on the Environmental Destruction and Degradation of Gaza: A Maelstrom of Misfortune.","authors":"Lawrence O Gostin","doi":"10.2105/AJPH.2025.308176","DOIUrl":"10.2105/AJPH.2025.308176","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7647,"journal":{"name":"American journal of public health","volume":"115 7","pages":"1044-1045"},"PeriodicalIF":9.6,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12160627/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144274008","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Abby M Lohr,Yahye Ahmed,Hana Dirie,Luz Molina,Graciela Porraz Capetillo,Sheila Iteghete,Kaitlyn Smith,Laken Jefferson,Joan M Griffin,Mark L Wieland,Irene G Sia
{"title":"Evaluation of a Photovoice Exhibit About Immigrant Health Priorities in Southeast Minnesota.","authors":"Abby M Lohr,Yahye Ahmed,Hana Dirie,Luz Molina,Graciela Porraz Capetillo,Sheila Iteghete,Kaitlyn Smith,Laken Jefferson,Joan M Griffin,Mark L Wieland,Irene G Sia","doi":"10.2105/ajph.2025.308098","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2105/ajph.2025.308098","url":null,"abstract":"Rochester Healthy Community Partnership, a 20-year community based participatory research partnership, used photovoice to learn about Hispanic/Latino and Somali immigrants' health concerns. Participants photographed their health-related priorities, reflected, developed policy recommendations, and shared photographs at a public event and rotating exhibit in 2024. More than 100 people attended the event (19 decision makers, 64 members of the public, 11 immigrant leader participants, 11 research staff). All decision-maker and public survey respondents reported learning something new about the priorities of Hispanic/Latino and Somali immigrants. (Am J Public Health. 2025;115(S2):S120-S125. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2025.308098).","PeriodicalId":7647,"journal":{"name":"American journal of public health","volume":"17 1","pages":"S120-S125"},"PeriodicalIF":12.7,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144488010","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}