In New Jersey, Leaders Build Campaign to Transform Nursing on Strong Foundation
July 26, 2012 | Story
The New Jersey Action Coalition continues state efforts to overhaul the nursing profession and improve health and health care.
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Investing In America's Health (April 2013 Update)
April 1, 2013 | Report
Many public health departments are unable to adequately support community health due to limited funding.
INQRI Grantee Focuses on Nurses' Need to Care for Themselves, Too
July 10, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Interdisciplinary Nursing Quality Research Initiative (INQRI) grantee Susan Letvak, PhD, RN, recently spoke to the New York Times about her research on nurses with musculoskeletal pain and depression. The study results ...
Expanding What We Know about Off-Peak Mortality in Hospitals
March 1, 2010 | Journal Article
Nurses giving bedside care can help researchers learn how off-peak environments affect their work—and variations in patient mortality rates.
B Resource Guide: Worker Health and Safety
January 1, 2011 | Report
What’s in this Guide: Background Reducing product toxicity to improve community health Health and safety initiatives An integrated approach: people, planet, profit
B Resource Guide: Employee Health & Wellness Program
January 1, 2011 | Report
What’s in this Guide: Background Engaging employees Available programs
Safe Patient-Handling Program "UPLIFTS" Nurse Retention
February 1, 2010 | Journal Article
A program that promotes nurse safety also can improve retention of older, more experienced nurses.
Public Health News Roundup: May 9
May 9, 2012 | New Public Health Post
Exercise May Increase Survival Rates for Some Cancer Patients A review of 27 observational studies published between January 1950 and August 2011 finds that exercise may help improve survival for people with breast and colon cancer. The study was pu ...
Public Health News Roundup: April 27
April 27, 2012 | New Public Health Post
Multi-Agency Effort Promotes New Safety Campaign to Help Prevent Falls at Construction Sites The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, and the Center for Construction Research and T ...
Are You Sitting Down for This?
April 26, 2012 | New Public Health Post
Standing while working has become a way-of-work for some of the NewPublicHealth staff, and most report that after a brief breaking in-period the foot aches give way to a more alert, healthier-feeling workday. So we were amused, and delighted, to see ...