Investigator Reveals Keys to Creating Healthy Cities
November 22, 2009 | Story
New book maps out solutions to the longstanding public health problems plaguing urban centers.
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They Blew the Levee
May 1, 2007 | Journal Article
Distrust of Authorities Among Hurricane Katrina Evacuees.
Effectiveness of Public Health Quality Improvement Training Approaches
January 1, 2012 | Journal Article
Quality improvement training for mid-sized public health departments is most effective when it includes both didactic training and opportunities for application, according to this evaluation of the effectiveness of training modalities.
Changing Policies and the Physical Environment So Children and Families Can Eat Well and Move More
February 14, 2012 | Story
A profile of Sarah Strunk, MHA, director of Healthy Kids, Healthy Communities.
Pennsylvania: Forming Regional Coalitions in a Large State
April 25, 2011 | Program Result Report
The lead agency for the 40-member Pennsylvania coalition for the Better Jobs Better Care project divided the state into five regions in order to provide a local focus on long-term care worker issues in the large state.
Management Academy for Public Health
April 1, 2007 | Journal Article
Creating Entrepreneurial Managers
Community Health Leader Safeguards Children's Sight
October 22, 2009 | Story
Alabama program brings preventive vision care to economically-disadvantaged toddlers.
Getting Down to Business
May 1, 2004 | Program Result Report
From 1998 to 2003, the National Foundation for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC Foundation) administered a pilot educational program to improve the management competency of public health professionals and the effectiveness of their agencies in Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia.
More Doctors Not Only Key to Improving Primary Care in Rural America
July 1, 2002 | Program Result Report
Researchers from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill examined the long-term impact of federal, state, and private investment on rural communities' physician recruitment and physician workforce stability.
Interviews with 9/11 Responders Available in Columbia University's Oral History Collection
January 1, 2008 | Program Result Report
Researchers at Columbia University conducted more than 40 in-depth interviews with public health and emergency workers who were at the scene in the days and months following the September 11th terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center.