The second edition of “Contemporary Public Health: Principles, Practice, and Policy” features a foreword by University of Kentucky President Eli I. Capilouto and new material centering on the impact of COVID-19 and the opioid epidemic.
LEXINGTON, Ky. (July 29, 2021) The University Press of Kentucky is publishing the second edition of “Contemporary Public Health: Principles, Practice, and Policy” featuring a foreword by University of Kentucky President Eli Capilouto and new material centering on the impact of COVID-19 and the opioid epidemic.
Designed as a supplemental text for introductory courses in public health practice at the undergraduate and graduate levels,
“Contemporary Public Health
University Press of Kentucky Publishes Updated Edition of Contemporary Public Health, Featuring COVID-19 and Opioid Epidemic Additions
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This spring, East Tennessee State University launched its inaugural ETSU Mentored Substance Use Research training program, designed to train substance use researchers across multiple disciplines in order to improve health outcomes in Central Appalachia.
Ten ETSU graduate students from multiple colleges and disciplines were selected for the inaugural cohort and are paired with a faculty mentor to train them in substance use research. Ten faculty members are participating as mentors in the program, which is led by Dr. Manik Ahuja, assistant professor in the Department of Health Services Management and Policy in the ETSU College of Public Health.
Ahuja, a trained substance use researcher, spearheaded the EMSUR program at ETSU after he was selected as one of five faculty members from across the country to attend New York Universityâs Substance Abuse Research Education and Training Visiting Development Mentor Program.
The East Tennessee State University Center for Applied Research and Evaluation in Womenâs Health (CARE Womenâs Health) is studying the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on contraceptive services in health department clinics and federally qualified health centers (FQHC).
Before the arrival of the pandemic, CARE Womenâs Health, housed in the ETSU College of Public Health, had been working with clinical partners in South Carolina and Alabama on ongoing research related to reproductive health. In early 2020, the center planned to launch a survey to collect data from family planning clinics across both states.
âWe had plans for our survey, but like everyone else, we had to adjust those plans due to COVID-19,â said Dr. Kate Beatty, core faculty for CARE Womenâs Health and principal investigator of the clinic studies. âOur partners were on the front lines of facing COVID-19 and were shifting their way of doing business. And because we had to pause our rese
Researchers are working to get a clearer picture of how the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated Appalachiaâs drug epidemic.
Dr. Kate Beatty and Michael Meit, faculty in the East Tennessee State University College of Public Healthâs Center for Rural Health Research, have co-authored an article in the Journal of Appalachian Health examining how the pandemic has affected substance abuse and overdose numbers in the region.
The article, âRural Appalachia Battling the Intersection of Two Crises: COVID-19 and Substance Use Disorders,â discusses the side effects of the COVID-19 pandemic in Appalachia, including increased overdose deaths.
Dr. Margaret Miller, an alumna of East Tennessee State Universityâs Master of Public Health program, is the lead author of the article. Dr. Rebekah Rollston, a co-author, is also an alumna of the joint degree between the ETSU College of Public Health and the Quillen College of Medicine.
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