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March 25, 2013 | Program Result
From 2008 to 2012, Health Care Without Harm worked to embed best practices for environmental sustainability into health care and to create a business plan for Practice Greenhealth, which has hospital and business members.
August 14, 2012 | Story
Study tests possible 'frames' for making the case for action on greenhouse gas emissions.
September 1, 2011 | Journal Article
Health is vulnerable to major shifts in energy prices.
January 1, 2010 | Journal Article
This study investigated associations between exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) during childhood and early emphysema among nonsmokers. The authors examined CT scan images for participants in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA)-Lung Study.
February 1, 2008 | Journal Article
This article discusses the relationship between the built environment and the physical and mental health of youth.
March 1, 2007 | Journal Article
Does Public Participation Influence Environmental Outcomes?
September 1, 2007 | Journal Article
Immigrants and their children are one of the fastest growing components of the U.S. population. One in five Americans under the age of 18 is now an immigrant. In the context of health outcomes, immigrants appear to be faring well. However, very litt ...
September 17, 2012 | Program Result
From late 2008 through 2011, the team from the Kaiser Permanente Research Program on Genes, Environment, and Health (RPGEH) built a biorepository to support studies of genetic and environmental contributors to many common diseases.
February 28, 2013 | Report
A report from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Bridging the Gap program finds that progress to improve school district wellness policies has stalled.
October 12, 2011 | Journal Article
Research has shown that social and environmental factors may explain racial disparities in hypertension.