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RWJF Roadmaps to Health Prize
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The RWJF Roadmaps to Health Prize honors outstanding community partnerships which are helping people live healthier lives. The six winners were selected from more than 160 applicants from across the country.
NYC Public Health as a Model: Kimberly Isett and Miriam Laugesen Q&A
June 6, 2013 | New Public Health Post
Public health researchers Kimberley Roussin Isett and Miriam Laugesen decided to look at New York City as a model for improving public health that other cities could replicate.
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and United Health Foundation Award $700,000 in Community Health Grants to National Business Coalition on Health Members
May 9, 2013 | Grant/News Release
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and United Health Foundation are awarding $700,000 in community health grants to nine National Business Coalition on Health member coalitions.
Infographic: Healthiest and Least Healthy Counties
March 20, 2013 | Infographic
This infographic shows the healthiest and least healthiest counties in four states from the 2013 County Health Rankings. See how your county ranks and ways counties can improve health.
County Health Rankings Show Healthiest and Least Healthy Counties in Every State
March 20, 2013 | News Release
A new report released today examines the health and well-being of people living in nearly every county in the United States.
United Way of Greater Milwaukee: Preventing Teen Pregnancy
December 26, 2012 | New Public Health Post
A study released this fall in the American Journal of Public Health looks at a critical evidence-based teen pregnancy prevention program led by the United Way of Greater Milwaukee. The United Way catalyzed critical partnerships between schools, comm ...
Health Enterprise Zones: "I Believe We Can Eliminate Health Disparities"
December 12, 2012 | New Public Health Post
The state of Maryland recently passes legislation to address health disparity issues through “health enterprise zones.” The legislation allows local non-profits, health agencies, and local health providers to work together to address this critical i ...
Health Happens Here: Q&A with Robert Ross, President of The California Endowment
October 30, 2012 | New Public Health Post
"Black men today are more likely to receive a GED in prison than graduate from college. One in three black men, and one in six Latino men, are projected to go to prison in their lifetimes. There is new hope--Sacramento is now responding to this cris ...
Hospitals and Community Organizing: Q&A with Robert Kahn
October 18, 2012 | New Public Health Post
The Community Health Initiative (CHI), a program of the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center in Ohio, includes work with nontraditional community partners to support community organizing and address critical children’s health issues in the ...
A Conversation on Community Health: Recommended Viewing
October 1, 2012 | New Public Health Post
Last week The Atlantic hosted a town hall event to discuss what’s being done—and what more should be done—to cultivate a healthy community in Philadelphia, though the discussion had implications for public health in communities across the country. " ...