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Legal Issues for Volunteers Responding to Disasters

Eric Holdeman's Disaster Zone Podcast

Elizabeth Van Nostrand is an associate professor in the Department of Health Services Administration and Policy at the Temple University College of Public Health. She is the co-author of three public health emergency law bench books for health departments in the District of Columbia, Louisiana and Pennsylvania.

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Demystifying AI: How RAG boosts efficiency in state and local government departments

AWS Public Sector Blog

It’s critical for anyone invested in the future of public service. Bridging the knowledge gap with LLMs Imagine if every government employee had an assistant who had read every book, document, and memo in the world. This assistant could draft policies, answer public inquiries, and create reports in seconds.

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People aren't "hanging out" as much outdoors during the workday in the center city

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Whyte ," Wall Street Journal ), which formed the basis of the book, The Social Life of Urban Spaces , and the larger version, The City , which is a classic in urban design. I e-talked with Anne Lusk about this, she is a researcher at Harvard School of Public Health, and wrote her dissertation on the community aspects of multi-use trails.

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Vaccine Policy in a Post-COVID World

Policy Chats

In this episode, Associate Professor Katie Attwell talks with students from the UC Riverside School of Public Policy about vaccine hesitancy, mandates, and public health policy. Learn more about the series and other episodes via [link].

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Katie Attwell: Vaccine Policy in a Post-COVID World

Policy Chats

In this episode, Associate Professor Katie Attwell talks with students from the UC Riverside School of Public Policy about vaccine hesitancy, mandates, and public health policy. Learn more about the series and other episodes via [link].

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Public restrooms: single versus multiple-occupant

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Policy and practice in public space management depending on the revitalization health of a community. It's worth testing this to see if it has a measurable effect on the reduction of vandalism.

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Hospitals as urban anchors/revitalization levers, not usually, but with great potential to serve communities in important ways: Examples are two forthcoming projects by Intermountain Health and University of Utah Health

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

If we’re going to have societal impact,” he said, “we have to be engaged in the communities and help them achieve their desires and dreams.” providing high quality people spaces within a hospital complex becomes very difficult (" Penn’s new hospital belatedly recognizes pedestrian space is a public health issue "). Reading room.