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February 27, 2012 | New Public Health Post
A new policy brief from Health Affairs and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation looks at the Prevention and Public Health Fund created under the Affordable Care Act of 2010. The fund was originally authorized to spend $15 billion over its first ten ye ...
July 1, 2011 | Journal Article
Analysis of survey data indicates that half of a sample of obese Mexican-Americans never received advice to exercise more or eat healthier possibly obstructing disease prevention. Physicians are unlikely to give weight-related advice when obese patients lack comorbid conditions.
May 1, 2011 | Journal Article
This study shows that satisfaction with one's job, family life, sex life and self-satisfaction were associated with a 12 percent reduced risk of coronary heart disease—indicating that positive health assets, such as levels of satisfaction, may shield against poor health outcomes.
May 1, 2011 | Journal Article
Positive psychological well-being, desirable in itself, may have far-reaching consequences for cardiovascular health.
March 1, 2010 | Report
Flat federal funding and cuts in states put America's health at risk.
November 16, 2011 | New Public Health Post
A new policy brief from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation looks at the return on investment for prevention, based on four groundbreaking studies released in recent years. The report notes that, "investments in proven, community-based prevention pro ...
November 7, 2011 | New Public Health Post
“It’s not easy but it’s worth it,” is the very important message from the National Diabetes Education Program (NDEP), a partnership between the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Institutes of Health. The Partnership is prom ...
November 2, 2011 | New Public Health Post
Dr. Bauer: Policy is key, I think, to the success of chronic disease prevention and health promotion. Policy can be a legislatively enacted law, can be a regulation, or can be something that’s voluntarily adopted by a jurisdiction, by an employer, b ...
November 2, 2011 | New Public Health Post
On Tuesday, there were a number of sessions that touched on various efforts to address and prevent obesity. Below is a quick round up of highlights from four of those sessions: The Right “Dose” of Environmental Changes Pamela Schwartz of Kaiser Perm ...
October 31, 2011 | New Public Health Post
Prevention is a key focus of many presentations at the APHA Annual Meeting. Today Thomas Farley, MD, commissioner of health and mental hygiene in New York City, presented the city’s comprehensive program “Take Care New York: 2012: A Policy for a Hea ...