The first week of April is celebrated by the American Public Health Association and others as National Public Health Week. Public health is defined as protecting the health of people and the communities where they live, learn, work, and play. But not everyone in America gets to experience public health equally. Those in the public health field often talk about the social determinants of health, which are non-medical factors that affect how healthy we are, such as:

Palestinian Christians and Muslims devote themselves to prayer, fasting, and charitable acts

In March in Palestine it is time to plant Olive saplings

Colorectal cancer awareness month is observed in March to highlight the importance of screening for colorectal cancer (CRC)

Working together, we can create a Minnesota that works for everyone – rich and poor, black, brown and white, young and old.