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February 3, 2012 | New Public Health Post
The National Prevention and Health Promotion Strategy provides a new, health-in-all policies approach to prevention, requiring the efforts of many federal agencies (17 to be exact) and other stakeholders. Good community design, with sidewalks, adequ ...
February 2, 2012 | New Public Health Post
Town and city streets are an important part of the livability of communities, says Barbara McCann, Executive Director of the National Complete Streets Coalition and a presenter and moderator at this week’s New Partners for Smart Growth conference in ...
February 1, 2012 | New Public Health Post
The eleventh annual New Partners for Smart Growth Conference begins tomorrow in San Diego. The conference is a national, multi-disciplinary smart growth gathering presented by the Local Government Commission. The conference draws experts including l ...
January 27, 2012 | New Public Health Post
"Designing Healthy Communities,” a four-part series funded in part by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, debuts this month and next on many Public Broadcasting stations. The program looks at the impact the built environment has on key public health ...
January 11, 2010 | Story/Interactive
In 50 communities across the country, the barriers that often keep children from eating healthy and being physically active are starting to come down.
January 5, 2012 | New Public Health Post
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius spoke today at a packed morning session at the Kaiser Family Foundation about the HHS Global Health Strategy, released late last year. It’s hardly the first time the depa ...
April 21, 2011 | Story
Collaboration between community development and health sectors can yield powerful benefits for low-income populations.
December 15, 2011 | New Public Health Post
Where you live—your zip code, your neighborhood, and even your home—may have just as much or more impact on your health as what goes on in the doctor’s office. “You can predict the life expectancy of a child by the zip code in which they grow up. Th ...
December 13, 2011 | New Public Health Post
Where else will you see a room full of such diverse professional titles as Health Action Liaison, Senator Presiding Judge, Livability Educator, School Board Member, Development Planner and Mayor? Last week in Atlanta, more than 60 people from across ...
March 19, 2010 | Report
This study may provide potential baseline data for evaluating children's physical and nutritional health in New Jersey.