The Mississippi Public Health Association (MPHA) is pleased to announce the publication of a special issue of the Journal of Public Health in the Deep South (JPHDS) focused on healthy aging. Guest co-editors for this special issue are Kina White, DrPH, MHSA, FACHE, Director of Community Health Improvement, MS State Department of Health and State Lead for Age-Friendly Mississippi and Kimberly C. (Kim) Tarver, MD, Division Chief, Geriatrics and Director of Clinical Services for the MIND Center, University of MS Medical Center.
This issue contains commentaries, research articles, and case studies related to various aspects of healthy aging. We encourage public health professionals and others who are interested in the health of the aging population to read this issue. You can access this free, online issue of the JPHDS at this link:
https://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/jphds/vol4/iss1/
MPHA, in partnership with Mississippi State University (MSU), initiated the 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. The Editorial Board of the JPHDS is co-chaired by David Buys, PhD, MSPH, CPH, FGSA, Associate Vice Provost, Health Sciences, Interim Head of Campus, Meridian, and Associate Professor, Biochemistry, Nutrition, and Health Promotion, MSU, and Lei Zhang, PhD, MBA, Associate Dean for Research and Scholarship, School of Nursing, University of MS Medical Center. The journal’s editorial consultant is Katie Poe.
MPHA thanks MSU for its ongoing partnership to make this journal possible and all the authors and reviewers for this special issue. For more information about future article submission, please visit the journal’s website : https://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/jphds/
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