Every year the American Public Health Association partners with communities across the United States in observance of National Public Health Week. This year, St. John’s University’s Public Health program will host a series of events to help educate our community on current topics and provide general health information.
St. John’s Celebrates National Public Health Week
The American Public Health Association partners annually with communities across the United States in observance of National Public Health Week. This year, St. John’s University’s Public Health program will host a series of events to help educate the community on current topics and provide general health information.
For questions regarding National Public Health Week events, please contact [email protected].
Learn more about how you can make a difference in your community, check out St. John's University's Public Health program.
For more information on National Public Health Week, please visit http://www.nphw.org/
National Public Health Week 2022 Events
Keep It Moving Challenge
Join the St. John’s University community as we get moving for health and wellness!
To enter, visit http://nphw.org/Get-Involved/Keep-It-Moving.
COVID-19 Health Promotion Student Poster Contest
Select one of these three topics: COVID-19 Vaccination Mistrust, Coping with Mental Health during COVID-19, and the COVID -19 Endemic.
Criteria:
- Your poster must focus on a single message.
- Graphs and images should tell the story; use text sparingly.
- Use a color scheme that is appropriate for your target audience.
- Help engage a conversation.
- Communicate messages efficiently to diverse audiences.
- Use plain language.
- Avoid jargon and acronyms.
- Use no more than 25 words.
- Posters are to be submitted in an 8 ½ x 11 document using PowerPoint or Microsoft Word.
- Submit it in a PDF document.
Poster deadline submission: March 28, 2022, at 11:59 p.m. EST
Winners will be announced during the Public Health Symposium on April 7.
To enter, visit https://forms.office.com/r/Wu1YSg46i5.
Thursday, April 7
The Little Theatre, Queens, NY, Campus
1:50–3:15 p.m.
Open to members of the St. John's University community
Public Health Symposium: “A Public Health Crisis: Community Collaboration in Closing COVID-19 Vaccination Gaps”
Keynote Speaker: Helen Arteaga Landaverde, M.P.H., Chief Executive Officer, New York City Health + Hospitals Corporation/Elmhurst
Panelists: Jonathan Jiménez, M.D., M.P.H., Acting Executive Director, NYC Care, and Medical Director, NYC Test & Trace Corps, New York City Health + Hospitals; S. Mitra Kalita, Chief Executive Officer/Publisher Epicenter-NYC; and Leopolda Silvera, M.P.A., Global Health Deputy, New York City Health + Hospitals/Elmhurst
Hosted by faculty from the Master of Public Health program. To register, visit https://forms.office.com/r/YyQNJbUU6d
The cocurriculum is approved for the domains of Educator and Cultural Sensitivity.
Please send questions regarding cocurriculum participation to Gregory J. Hughes, Pharm.D., Associate Clinical Professor, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, at [email protected].