Are Local Laws the Key to Ending Childhood Lead Poisoning?
May 3, 2013 | Journal Article
Reducing and eventually eliminating childhood lead exposure through local policy innovations, is the main objective of this study.
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Regulating for the Public Good in New York City
March 14, 2013 | Program Result Report
Researchers studied public health policies in New York City and elsewhere, including bans on transfats, limits on exhaust emissions, and taxes on sugar-sweetened beverages, to determine how best to move such policies through the political process.
Evidence-Based Decision Making in Local Health Departments
December 19, 2012 | Journal Article
This qualitative study examined use of evidence-based decision-making in New York State LHDs and factors facilitating and impeding its adoption.
Lighting the Way to a Career in Medicine
July 26, 2011 | Story
A Community Health Leader shows young people how to make their dreams of becoming medical professionals come true. Here, Lynne Holden, M.D., talks about the scope of her program and program graduates tell their stories (video).
A Comparative Study of 11 Local Health Department Organizational Networks
November 1, 2010 | Journal Article
This study represented 11 local health departments (LHDs) as groups of networks employees, tasks, and knowledge were points, or nodes within each network LHDs that appear structurally distinct likely share patterns of interactions among their organizational elements.
Community Partnerships to Mobilize Low-Income Communities Around Active Living
February 22, 2010 | Story
"There's a culture to encourage people not to go outside because it doesn't feel safe, largely due to the built environment," said Miquela Craytor, executive director of Sustainable South Bronx.
Satellite Broadcasts Bring Quality Training to New York
November 18, 2009 | Program Result Report
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.
New York Trains Its Public Health Workforce
November 18, 2009 | Program Result Report
To prevent disease and promote health among its 18.1 million residents, New York state needed a large and skilled public health workforce.
Prisoners Returning Home in the Bronx and Brooklyn Find Reentry Services Located Far Away in Manhattan
August 27, 2009 | Program Result Report
An electronic database and map of reentry services available to prisoners returning from New York City's jails to communities in its five boroughs finds services are often inaccessible.
Farmers Market Brings Low-Cost Produce, Recipes and Nutrition Education to New York's Central Harlem
April 15, 2008 | Program Result Report
Harlem Children's Zone, a social service organization in New York City's Central Harlem, operated a monthly farmers market that provided low-income families with easy access to fresh produce at reduced or no cost.