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May 9, 2013 | New Public Health Post
Howard County has been the healthiest in Maryland since the Country Health Rankings launched. NewPublicHealth spoke with the county’s executive, Ken Ulman, about how the Rankings have helped drive further progress in improving community health.
April 18, 2013 | New Public Health Post
“A Conversation on Community Health” was a series of events in three U.S. cities to explore what it takes to create a healthy community. Robert Simmons, head of public health at Thomas Jefferson University, was on one of the panels.
April 15, 2013 | New Public Health Post
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Center for Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships engages with community organizations across the country to foster a dialogue and promote prevention and healthier communities.
March 22, 2013 | New Public Health Post
"A Conversation on Community Health” events explore what it takes to create a healthy community. NewPublicHealth checked in with GSK’s Senior Vice President, Robert Carr, on why businesses should care about community health.
July 23, 2012 | Journal Article
Public health partners can circumvent the political system when it lacks the will to pursue critical public health goals. Public health partners are nongovernmental organizations, including private nonprofit community health centers and networks tha ...
July 16, 2012 | New Public Health Post
The smoothie demo was the work of staff from the North Long Beach Healthy Eating Active Living (HEAL) Zone, a program of the Long Beach Health Department, including some salaried high school health workers, who together have burgeoning relationships ...
May 3, 2012 | New Public Health Post
Congressional staffers bent over iPads to check the health of their constituents in their home counties yesterday at a Capitol Hill briefing on the County Health Rankings & Roadmaps program, a collaboration of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and ...
April 27, 2012 | New Public Health Post
The Healthier Communities Initiatives of the Y are built on the concept that local communities can work together to create healthy choices and support the pursuit of healthy lifestyles. More than 160 Ys are working in collaboration with community le ...
April 23, 2012 | New Public Health Post
Much of what influences our health happens outside of the doctor’s office—in our schools, workplaces and neighborhoods. To improve the health of all Americans, our communities need leadership and action beyond health care providers. Throughout the U ...
April 5, 2012 | New Public Health Post
There's a movement afoot. Cities and towns big and small, counties from coast to coast and groups of passionate individuals from all over are coming together across sectors to build healthier communities. If your community is at the forefront of thi ...