SOPHE recognizes that the systematic silencing, disregard, and violation of trust has a negative effect on health and well-being of under-represented communities, including sexual orientation minority communities, by continuing to...… Read More

SOPHE acknowledges that asthma is a serious, chronic respiratory disease that affects an estimated 15 million individuals, including an estimated 4.4 million children in the United States . . .… Read More

SOPHE recognizes that the health and well-being of communities and the individuals within them is dependent not only on biological but also social and environmental factors, and that underrepresented communities...… Read More

SOPHE recognizes that the health and well-being of communities and the individuals within them is dependent not only on biological, but also social and environmental factors, and that under-represented communities...… Read More

SOPHE recognizes that the health and well-being of communities and the individuals within them is dependent not only on biological but also social and environmental factors . . .… Read More

SOPHE recognizes that sexuality is a natural and healthy part of development and comprises biological, sociocultural, psychological, and spiritual dimensions . . .… Read More

Approximately 18.0 million or 8.7 percent of all people age 20 years or older have diabetes ; 8.6 million or 18.3 percent of all people age 60 and older ;...… Read More

The World Health Organization defines environmental health as comprising those aspects of human health, including quality of life, that are determined by physical, chemical, biological, social, and psychosocial factors in the...… Read More

Six priority risk behaviors- tobacco use; unhealthy dietary behaviors; inadequate physical activity; alcohol and other drug use; sexual behaviors that contribute to unintended pregnancy and sexually transmitted disease, including HIV...… Read More

Many unintentional injuries are similar to diseases, in that injuries do not occur at random and have identified risk factors making them preventable. Unintentional injuries can occur from a variety of...… Read More

Since 1900, the number of people in America aged 65 or older has increased 11-fold, from more than 3 million to nearly 35 million, representing approximately 13% of the United...… Read More

The two overarching goals for the public health community in the United States are to: 1) increase quality and years of healthy life and 2) eliminate health disparities; and current evidence...… Read More