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November 1, 2010 | Journal Article
Evaluation of workshops on Nutrition Environment Measures Surveys found that the workshops effectively disseminate and promote use of the measures to assess the relationship between nutrition environments and obesity.
November 10, 2010 | Program Result
Researchers and community leaders across the country are using the Nutrition Environment Measures Survey (NEMS) widely, and the data they have gathered, in some cases, has helped influence stores and restaurants to improve their food choices.
September 1, 2003 | Program Result
A software development firm specializing in public health software studied the potential design for a centralized information system that would allow public health officials to combine data from separate databases holding a community's public health information.
October 26, 2012 | Issue Brief
States will need to develop IT systems that securely provide consumers with answers about their eligibility for public health insurance benefits or tax subsidies as they implement health reform.
September 1, 2011 | Program Result
To combat isolation and loneliness among vulnerable individuals, including the disabled and frail elderly, the PLAN Institute for Caring Citizenship and Tyze Personal Networks promoted Web-based social support networks called Tyze.
May 1, 2012 | Journal Article
Using an online survey, researchers examined social networks of people, including the change in the number of close social contacts, tie strength or closeness; and the number of interconnections between contacts, how they are related to each other, ...
April 18, 2011 | Program Result
Ten hospitals throughout the country joined a collaborative learning network, developed strategies to improve the quality and accessibility of their language services, and tested them using five standardized performance improvement measures.
National Program
To support collaborative processes among state and local public health departments to advance the use of information systems to support preparedness and manage chronic disease.
May 19, 2009 | Issue Brief
The second issue of LegalNotes addresses the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
June 20, 2011 | Program Result
In 2004, a group of regional collaboratives established the Network for Regional Healthcare Improvement (NRHI) to accelerate the formation and effectiveness of such collaboratives across the country.