The Impact of Chronic Underfunding on America’s Public Health System: TRENDS, RISKS, AND RECOMMENDATIONS 2024 ISSUE REPORT AUGUST 2024 Acknowledgements Trust for America’s Health (TFAH) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan public health policy, research, and advocacy organization that promotes optimal health for every person and community, and works to make the prevention of illness and injury a national p. [...] TRUST FOR AMERICA’S HEALTH Chair of the TFAH Board of Directors Chief Medical Officer and Vice Chancellor for LEADERSHIP STAFF Former Director Health Affairs U. [...] D., MPA, MPH, CPH Vice Chair of the TFAH Board of Directors Hogg Foundation for Mental Health Executive Vice President Clinical Associate Professor The University of Texas at Austin University of Washington School of Public Health Stacy Molander John A. [...] D., FACP Director Treasurer of the TFAH Board of Directors RUSH BMO Institute for Health Equity Senior Medical Director Rush University System for Health General Dynamics Information Technology Eduardo J. [...] D., MPH Trust for America’s Health Secretary of Health Cynthia M.
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Table of Contents
- AUGUST 2024 1
- AUGUST 2024 3
- AUGUST 2024 4
- Executive Summary 4
- For too long people have taken public health for granted. At its core 5
- Public health enables us to be physically active eat nutritious food 5
- COMPREHENSIVE AND FLEXIBLE INVESTMENT ESSENTIAL FOR EFFECTIVE PUBLIC HEALTH PREVENTION AND RESPONSE 5
- PROGRESS IN STRENGTHENING PUBLIC HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE SOME ADVANCES MADE MORE INVESTMENT NEEDED 8
- Public Health Funding Trends 10
- AUGUST 2024 10
- Public Health Funding Trends 10
- SAFEGUARDING PUBLIC HEALTH THE CRITICAL ROLE OF THE PREVENTION FUND 11
- THE LOOMING PUBLIC HEALTH FUNDING CLIFF A CRISIS IN THE MAKING 14
- PRESIDENTIAL ADVISORS CALL FOR STRENGTHENING THE PUBLIC HEALTH WORKFORCE 32
- Recommended Policy Actions 34
- AUGUST 2024 34
- Recommended Policy Actions 34
- Closing Thoughts 41
