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September 2020

A QUASI-CATEGORICAL DEMURRAL

indicates that it is too soon to understand the full implications and overall impact of COVID-19. Read More

WHISTLING THE COLLEGE HORNPIPE

contains information about advantages the federal government possesses in developing financial responses to the coronavirus pandemic. Read More

HEALTH REFORM DEVELOPMENTS

Points out how despite a decline in poverty rates, the ability to access health care remains difficult for some population subgroups while at the same time insufficient attention is paid by policymakers regarding the adequacy of the health workforce. Read More

DEVELOPMENTS IN HIGHER EDUCATION

Describes how once again reauthorization of the Higher Education Act failed to occur; the issuance of final regulations for distance education and innovation; and how the U.S. Department of Education is rescinding several guidance documents. Read More

QUICK STAT (SHORT, TIMELY, AND TOPICAL)

  • Delaying Or Avoiding Health Care During The Pandemic Because Of Concerns About COVID-19

  • Trends And Patterns In Menarche In The United States: 1995 Through 2013–2017

  • Machine Learning Maps Research Needs In Coronavirus Literature 

  • Rapid Blood Test Could Detect Brain Injury In Minutes Read More

AVAILABLE RESOURCES ACCESSIBLE ELECTRONICALLY

  • Scorecard On State Health System Performance

  • Racial Disparities In Cancer

  • The State of Obesity 2020: Better Policies For A Healthier America Read More

COMPOSITION AND CAPACITY OF THE GENETICS WORKFORCE

discusses how the clinical genetics workforce likely will face greatly increased demand for its services. Read More

THE NEUROBIOLOGY OF SOCIAL DISTANCE

refers to the neurocognitive basis of social isolation and its deep consequences for mental and physical health, along with neurobiological mechanisms underlying social interplay and the impact that social deprivation has on them. Read More

 

2020-2021 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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