213: Best of ME: A New Way to Address Dementia

This special edition revisits a popular episode of Public Health Review Morning Edition from June 6th. Chelsea Kline, Associate Director of the Center of Excellence with the Alzheimer's Association, discusses how to address dementia through the social determinants of health; Admiral Rachel Levine, the 17th Assistant Secretary for Health for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, talks about the importance of June's Pride month recognition; ASTHO publishes a new article that addresses the need to collect accurate race and ethnicity data and examines a CDC tool that helps target limited resources in rural and frontier areas of the country; and in a new ASTHO video discussion, two North Carolina state health officials tell how they have managed federal public health funds. Alzheimer's Association Webpage: Alzheimer's Association Public Health Efforts Journal of Public Health Management & Practice Article: Strategies to Operationalize Health Equity in State and Territorial Health Departments ASTHO Blog Article: Timely Spending: North Carolina's Approach to Efficiently Utilizing Federal Funds