Author Archives: AliOJ

About AliOJ

Alison O Jordan, MSW LCSW CCHP is a leading national public health professional with over 25 years senior government and system management experience from procurement and grants to systems change and program evaluation, publication and dissemination. Ali serves as an American Public Health Association governing councilor, immediate past Chair of the APHA Justice & Incarcerated Health Committee and APHA representative to the National Commission on Correctional Health Care (NCCHC). As a partner at ACOJA Consulting LLC, she serves as Subject Matter Expert on justice and incarcerated health topics, supports federally funded programs, works with university-based and national research teams to support health and service organizations. She led the author group for the final chapter in the recently updated 2nd edition of Greifinger's Public Health Behind Bars and has published in several peer-reviewed journals since 2013. Ali is a frequent presenter and moderator at national conferences -- and will be at APHA, NCCHC and the USCHA this fall.

APHA Calls for Single-Payer Health Reform

By | July 6, 2022

It is not too late to fix the US healthcare system. But every day spent in this folly, the problem gets worse. It is time to move this conversation forward. We are excited to share that in November 2021, the American Public Health Association (APHA) formally adopted a policy statement titled “Adopting a Single-Payer Health… Read More »