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MPHA Appoints New Board Members at Large and Student Position

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MISSISSIPPI PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATION APPOINTS NEW             

MEMBERS-AT-LARGE AND STUDENT TO THE BOARD

Released December 14, 2023

Jackson, Mississippi

The Mississippi Public Health Association (MPHA) is pleased to announce the appointment of four new members-at-large to the MPHA Board of Directors. Each of these new members will begin their terms in January 2024. The members-at-large represent four different areas of the state and serve on the MPHA Board of Directors to bring various perspectives from their area of the state as well as their professional expertise to the work of the association. The student member is a first for MPHA and will advise MPHA on strategies to enhance student engagement.

Member-At- Large, North Mississippi

Allison Ford-Wade, PhD
Gillespie Distinguished Scholar
Associate Dean of Community Engagement-School of Applied Sciences
Interim Chair and Professor of Health, Exercise Science and Recreation Management
The University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS

Member-at-Large, Central Mississippi

Robyn B. Breland, MBA
Director of Health Initiatives
Special Olympics Mississippi
Jackson, MS

Member-at-Large, East Mississippi

Brittney G. Mosley, MS
Public Health Program Specialist Team Lead-District 6
Office of Community Outreach and Education
Office of Preventive Health & Health Equity
Mississippi State Department of Health
Meridian, MS

Member-at-Large, South Mississippi

Jude Haney PhD, MPH, RHIA
Associate Professor of Health Information Management
Program Director of Health Information Management
William Carey University
Hattiesburg, MS

MPHA Student Member

Kaylin Winters, BS (MPH Candidate)
Jackson State University
Jackson, MS

MPHA appreciates the willingness of these individuals to serve in this capacity, and we look forward to collaborating with them to further the work of MPHA.

Since 1937, the Mississippi Public Health Association (MPHA) has strived to strengthen public health in Mississippi through leadership, advocacy, and education. We provide our members with professional development and networking opportunities while also serving as the voice of public health in Mississippi. MPHA is an active affiliate of the American Public Health Association. For more information, see www.mspha.org

JPHDS announces call for submissions on Healthy Aging special issue

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Journal of Public Health in the Deep South
Early Notice of Call for Submissions for a Special Issue
Healthy Aging
December 14, 2023

The Mississippi Public Health Association (MPHA), in partnership with Mississippi State University (MSU), initiated the Journal of Public Health in the Deep South (JPHDS) in 2018. The JPHDS is a peer-reviewed, open-access, online journal focused on disseminating high-quality research and/or effective applied techniques to academicians, educators, and practitioners. The JPHDS is the first publication to specifically focus on public health issues in this geographical space and with an appeal to both research and applied public health professionals and educators with emphases on research, practice, and teaching. The JPHDS is the official journal of MPHA and is hosted by MSU.

This document is an early call for submissions for a special issue focused on healthy aging. According to the Mississippi State Department of Health, Mississippi’s older adult population is growing, and special health considerations come with this increase. An age-friendly eco-system, including public health, employers, universities, health systems, and communities, is needed for the best health, dignity, and social connections of Mississippians as they grow older. Healthy aging is influenced by more than our genetics or access to health care. Non-medical factors influence the health of everyone, and they affect older adults even more. The conditions in which people grow, work, live and age shape their daily life. As a result, where we live and how influences our health as much as care, services or personal characteristics https://msdh.ms.gov/msdhsite/search/index.cfm?criteria=Healthy%20Aging.
MSDH has been recognized as an Age-Friendly Public Health System (AFPHS) by the Trust for America’s Health (TFAH). The 6 C’s framework developed by TFAH and the Age-Friendly Ecosystem can be found at https://afphs.org/age-friendly-ecosystem/.

This issue of the JPHDS will focus on research papers, case studies; and invited commentaries that further elucidate the healthy aging for MS and for the Deep South.

A more formal call for submissions will be released in early 2024, with an expected issue release in early May 2024. Articles for this special issue can include:

  • Research or scientific manuscripts in full or brief reports
  • Case studies
  • Commentaries and editorials