January 13, 2010
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RWJF and the CDC sponsor the development of a model voluntary national accreditation program for state, local, territorial and tribal public health departments could use to advance quality and performance.
December 23, 2009
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From 2001 to January 2009, three organizations worked to strengthen and expand their roles in advocating for tobacco prevention and control at the national, state and local levels within communities of color. Their efforts focused chiefly on training leaders, building capacity, networking with relevant organizations and engaging in advocacy and policy development. The three organizations were:
December 7, 2009
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Through polling, paid advertising, media relations and grassroots organizing, the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids emphasized the importance of FDA regulation over tobacco products.
November 18, 2009
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In the late 1990s, more than twice as many people were dying from diabetes in Wythe County, part of Appalachian Virginia, as in the rest of the state.
November 18, 2009
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Social marketing campaigns can convince mothers to give their children low-fat milk instead of whole milk, kids to exercise, women to get a mammogram and everyone to eat more fruit and vegetables.
November 18, 2009
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Kristin Schultz, the assistant director of a local public health department in rural Minnesota, was tired of always trying to do more with less and overwhelmed by the challenges of working in public health.
November 18, 2009
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After partnering with continuing education staff at the State University of New York (SUNY) at Albany School of Public Health, they identified one solution: satellite broadcasts.
November 18, 2009
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The Restaurant Opportunities Center of New York was initially formed to help find employment for the surviving workers of Windows on the World.
November 18, 2009
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Padres Unidos (which means Parents United) was born in 1992 out of a struggle to protect the educational rights of minority students in Denver.
November 18, 2009
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In the 1990s, Massachusetts led the nation in anti-smoking programs, but from 2000 to 2004, the state cut its funding for tobacco prevention by 95 percent.
