Prevention

The Influenza Imperative: An Urgent Need to Leverage Lessons from COVID-19 to Prepare for a Global Response to Seasonal and Pandemic Influenza

by Jenna Ogilvie | Sep 19, 2022 | Discussion Paper, Perspectives

    Since December 2019, much of the world’s focus has been on coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) as it emerged from Wuhan, China and rapidly spread across the world. As of this writing, there were over 570 million confirmed cases of COVID-19 globally, and...

Eighth Annual DC Public Health Case Challenge: Addressing Infectious Diseases Using a Population Health Approach: Prevention and Control of Bacterial Sexually Transmitted Infections in Young Adults 18-24

by Jenna Ogilvie | Aug 8, 2022 | Discussion Paper, Perspectives

  This discussion paper provides an overview of the eighth annual District of Columbia (DC) Public Health Case Challenge (https://nam.edu/initiatives/dc-public-health-case-challenge/), a competition held in 2021 by the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) and the...

Sixth Annual DC Public Health Case Challenge – Reducing Disparities in Cancer and Chronic Disease: Preventing Tobacco Use in African American Adolescents

by Jenna Ogilvie | Feb 7, 2022 | Discussion Paper, Perspectives

  In October 2018, the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) and the Roundtable on Population Health Improvement at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (the National Academies) held the sixth annual District of Columbia (DC) Public Health...

Health Product Manufacturers and Innovators COVID-19 Impact Assessment: Lessons Learned and Compelling Needs

by Jenna Ogilvie | Jan 18, 2022 | Discussion Paper, Perspectives

The National Academies are responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. Visit our resource center >>     ABSTRACT |  United States health care spending consumes nearly a fifth of the GDP [1]. While, in many respects, the U.S. health care system is enviable and...

Patients, Families, and Communities COVID-19 Impact Assessment: Lessons Learned and Compelling Needs

by Jenna Ogilvie | Nov 29, 2021 | Discussion Paper, Perspectives

The National Academies are responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. Visit our resource center >>   Introduction The health system exists to serve the most fundamental need of society: people’s health and well-being. To do so effectively requires engaging people...

Lessons Learned for Obesity Prevention and Care from Five Integrated Programs

by Madeleine Deye | Nov 22, 2021 | Discussion Paper, Perspectives

Abstract  Since the publication of our integrated framework for the prevention and treatment of obesity and related chronic diseases in 2015, more than 140 Accountable Communities for Health (ACH) have been established in an effort to develop multi-sectoral...

Improving Behavioral Health Services in the Time of COVID-19 and Racial Inequities

by Jenna Ogilvie | Nov 1, 2021 | Discussion Paper, Perspectives

  Introduction The emergence of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), coupled with the increasing awareness of racial inequity in the United States, as sparked by the killing of George Floyd at the hands of police officers, has led to a moment of reckoning...

A Comprehensive Approach to Mental Health Promotion and Suicide Prevention for Colleges and Universities: Insights from the JED Campus Program

by Jenna Ogilvie | Jun 21, 2021 | Discussion Paper, Perspectives

  Introduction and Rationale Suicide rates have risen among young people ages 18–25 in the United States over the past ten years (see Figure 1) [1]. Mental health concerns are on the rise as well, with more teens and young adults experiencing challenges such as...

Guide for Future Directions for the Addiction and OUD Treatment Ecosystem

by Jenna Ogilvie | Apr 5, 2021 | Discussion Paper, Perspectives

    Introduction The United States is in the midst of a multifactorial drug overdose and death epidemic. In 2020, over 80,000 deaths [15] in the U.S. were attributed to drug overdose, more than 50,000 of which were opioid-related. This is an increase of...

Obesity, Biased Mental Models, and Stigma in the Context of the Obesity COVID-19 Syndemic

by Jenna Ogilvie | Apr 5, 2021 | Commentary, Perspectives

The National Academies are responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. Visit our resource center >>     Introduction to Syndemics and Systems Thinking Obesity is a complex disease associated with a multitude of genetic, behavioral, and environmental factors,...