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May 9, 2013 | New Public Health Post
Howard County has been the healthiest in Maryland since the Country Health Rankings launched. NewPublicHealth spoke with the county’s executive, Ken Ulman, about how the Rankings have helped drive further progress in improving community health.
April 8, 2013 | Story
Nurse Faculty Scholar puts ‘handymen’ to work turning older people’s homes into safe, healthy environments.
March 25, 2013 | Program Result Report
Researchers at the Hilltop Institute evaluated the implementation of Maryland’s tax-based outreach initiative, the Kids First Act, and how well the state achieved its goal of identifying and enrolling uninsured children eligible for Medicaid or CHIP.
March 20, 2013 | Human Capital Blog Post
A new report examines the scope-of-practice laws and payment policies that affect how and to what extent nurse practitioners can provide primary care.
October 17, 2012 | News Release
RWJF honors Ifeanyi Anne Nwabukwu, RN, BSN, with a 2012 Community Health Leaders Award.
September 1, 2012 | Journal Article
cq5dam.thumbnail.319.319 Read article There is no significant increase in serious crime around methadone treatment centers, according to this fine-grained geographic analysis in one city.
August 21, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
HCB: What aspect of the Project L/EARN internship has been most helpful and why? Anane: The most helpful aspect for me has been the small classroom setting with basically one-on-one help. I took a biostatistics course at school and it was a huge cla ...
July 12, 2012 | New Public Health Post
>>EDITOR'S NOTE: On 9/13/2012 CeaseFire changed its name to Cure Violence. A group of impassioned attendees of the National Association of County and City Health Officials Annual Meeting attended a screening of The Interrupters, a documentary about ...
June 11, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
With that in mind, five years ago I began working with a team of researchers from Johns Hopkins and Penn State to explore what a yoga program might do for kids. We began working with the Holistic Life Foundation (HLF) in Baltimore, Md., a small nonp ...
March 1, 2012 | Report
A combination of strong leadership, inclusive planning and deliberate but aggressive action by committed state officials and system stakeholders has permitted Maryland to make significant strides in designing its reformed health care system.