Public health Updates

Reimagining Governmental State and Local Public Health Practice in the Era of AI: Why Public Health Must Engage With AI Now https://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/abs/10.2105/AJPH.2026.308567?af=R

Differential Effects of US State Firearm Policies on Black and Non-Black Firearm Homicide and Suicide, 1981‒2022 https://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/abs/10.2105/AJPH.2026.308523?af=R

The AI Divide: A Call to Action for State and Territorial Public Health https://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/abs/10.2105/AJPH.2026.308668?af=R

Wastewater-Based Epidemiology: New Capabilities, New Challenges https://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/abs/10.2105/AJPH.2026.308724?af=R

Efficiency Is Not Austerity: Advancing Public Health Under Fiscal Constraint https://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/abs/10.2105/AJPH.2026.308711?af=R

Strengthening Oversight in Medicaid Managed Care https://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/abs/10.2105/AJPH.2026.308634?af=R

Advancing Efficiency in Public Health Agencies: A Financial Risk–Based Framework for Sustainable Decision-Making https://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/abs/10.2105/AJPH.2026.308654?af=R

Ethical Triage: A Foundational Framework for Public Health Efficiency in an Era of Austerity https://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/abs/10.2105/AJPH.2026.308653?af=R

Efficiency Reimagined: Designing Public Programs That Work for Families and Government https://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/abs/10.2105/AJPH.2026.308619?af=R

Opportunities for Efficiency and Advancing Public Health Are Framed by the Interpretation of Terms https://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/abs/10.2105/AJPH.2026.308679?af=R

Table of Contents https://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/abs/10.2105/AJPH.2026.116.9.1251-1252?af=R

Leaner Does Not Have to Mean Weaker: What Chicago, Illinois’s Postpandemic Reset Teaches Us About Public Health Resilience https://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/abs/10.2105/AJPH.2026.308670?af=R

Language-Serving Hospitals and Seven-Day Readmission Among Patients With a Non-English Primary Language https://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/abs/10.2105/AJPH.2026.308470?af=R

Community Health Workers’ Perspectives on Career Advancement and Job Satisfaction: Indiana, March–August 2024 https://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/abs/10.2105/AJPH.2026.308487?af=R

Improving Public Health Agency Efficiency Using AI and Data Systems https://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/abs/10.2105/AJPH.2026.308684?af=R

The Response Ready Epidemiologist in State, Territorial, and Local Health Departments: An Efficient Funding Strategy to Meet Response Needs and Reduce Programmatic Silos https://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/abs/10.2105/AJPH.2026.308667?af=R

Statewide E-Cigarette Flavor Ban Policies and E-Cigarette Use Among US Adults, 2018–2023 https://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/abs/10.2105/AJPH.2026.308645?af=R

Strength in Synthesis: Human Expertise and Computational Modeling as Complementary Public Health Investments https://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/abs/10.2105/AJPH.2026.308666?af=R

AJPH as a Trusted Source for Adult Vaccination Recommendations https://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/abs/10.2105/AJPH.2026.308686?af=R