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September 5, 2013 | New Public Health Post
Next Tuesday at 3 p.m., a County Health Rankings webinar will take a look at how local health leaders and businesses can work together to advance the health improvement efforts in their communities.
September 26, 2013 | Culture of Health Post
Christine Nieves tests her pet-hypothesis: That we will find the opportunity to share a Culture of Health in the places we least expect to find it.
August 12, 2013 | New Public Health Post
A number of recent articles examine the impact of the current minimum wage. Income impacts health in a number of ways, including the ability to seek preventive care.
September 17, 2013 | Program Results Report
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Local Funding Partnerships is a 25-year-old national program providing matching grants for innovative community-based projects aimed at improving the health and health care of underserved and vulnerable populations.
July 24, 2013 | Program Results Report
Between June 2006 and September 2012 consultants from Patrizi Associates convened four Evaluation Roundtables, one mini-Evaluation Roundtable, and one workshop with evaluation and program staff from foundations and prepared for a fifth roundtable.
July 14, 2008 | Program Results Report
Faculty at Emory University convened a symposium to explore the potential benefits to academic institutions as they increasingly develop new commercial ventures, and the potential threats they face to their integrity and their academic mission.
June 28, 2013 | Program Results Report
Scaling What Works supported the federal Social Innovation Fund, a public-private effort to strengthen communities, and also sought to expand the number of grantmakers collaborating to broaden the impact of high-performing nonprofits.
June 21, 2013 | Program Results Report
Researchers working through Extending the Cure published reports and journal articles on antibiotic resistance, proposed solutions, and disseminated findings. The project framed the challenge as one of safeguarding an essential social resource.
June 13, 2013 | Program Results Report
The Center for New Community conducted a grassroots effort to address health and related problems of immigrants working in meatpacking and poultry-processing plants in 12 rural communities in Missouri, Iowa and Minnesota.
June 1, 2013 | Report
Key findings from this review show that there is a high degree of public support for providing nutrition information at the point of purchase, and menu labeling in cafeterias and restaurants increases consumers’ awareness of nutritional information.