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April 10, 2013 | Story
Struggling with her past, Cassandra Sheets embraced Ladder to Leadership to gain the confidence to lead a new organization focusing on addictions.
April 4, 2013 | New Public Health Post
Prevention Agenda: New York State’s Health Improvement Plan is a 5-year plan to improve the health and quality of life for everyone who lives in New York State. Health improvement plans are a prerequisite for public health department accreditation.
March 14, 2013 | Program Result
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.
February 1, 2013 | Journal Article
Neighborhood street amenities such as sidewalk cafés, as well as fewer safety hazards may be associated with walking or active transportation.
January 25, 2013 | Program Result
Experience Corps engages older volunteers to tutor - with a focus on reading - and mentor low-income kindergarten through third-grade students. It expanded and became an independent nonprofit organization.
January 17, 2013 | New Public Health Post
Thomas Farley, MD, MPH, Health Commissioner of the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, is the keynote speaker at the opening session of the Public Health Law Research annual meeting that started yesterday afternoon in New Orleans. ...
January 10, 2013 | New Public Health Post
Three months have passed since Hurricane Sandy hit the East Coast. And while the number of people displaced by the storm has gone down from tens of thousands to the hundreds in different communities, some people are still without power or a permanen ...
January 8, 2013 | New Public Health Post
The co-chair of the New York Ready Commission talks about the storm's impact on state residents.
December 6, 2012 | Story
Nurses step up to serve in Hurricane Sandy, and the public, the press and even the president take note.
December 6, 2012 | Story
Image of nurse rescuing newborn goes viral after Hurricane Sandy.