Big Cities Health Coalition member health departments (BCHC HDs) serve more than 60 million people across 35 jurisdictions nearly 20% of the US population. This brief focuses on BCHC HDs that participated in the 2024 Public Health Workforce Interests and Needs Survey (PH WINS), highlighting key workforce indicators during a period of historic investments in public health infrastructure. Results for BCHC HDs from the 2024 PH WINS survey show a positive change in recruitment an

When cultural racism is entrenched in a society, how do we successfully do equity-focused and anti-racist work? Lonias Gilmore, Director of Health Equity and Social Justice for the Big Cities Health Coalition, shares strategies for adopting an asset-based perspective. Please visit JPHMP Direct to read more.

I joined James Bell for Episode 15 of the Equity Matters Podcast to talk about the social determinants of health and how to frame social...

The benefits of breastfeeding are remarkable. Save the Children tells us that it “increases a child’s chances of survival, boosts [the]...

August is National Breastfeeding Awareness Month and a perfect chance to focus on how you can support your breastfeeding employees. I joined Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan to talk about the Break Time for Nursing Mothers Provision in the US Department of Labor Fair Labor Standards Act and practical ways to accommodate employees when they return to work. Visit www.mibluesperspectives.com/virtual-webinar/breastfeeding-101-for-employers for the archived discussion.

History is not the past. It is the present. We carry our history with us. We are our history. James Baldwin[i] During the Leading for...