California High School Students Consuming Fewer Calories at School
May 14, 2012 | Story
Study examined students' dietary intake; found differences between California students and students in states with no nutrition standards for school snack foods.
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So, What Do You Do in Public Health?
April 13, 2012 | New Public Health Post
Q: What can I do with a career in public health? Tell me what you do. A: "As a Communications Watch Officer for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, I research public health emergencies and the communications equipment used during… emer ...
Faces of Public Health: Harrison Spencer
January 3, 2012 | New Public Health Post
With the new year and many Spring school semesters starting, NewPublicHealth spoke with Harrison C. Spencer, MD, PhD, president and CEO of the Association of Schools of Public Health (ASPH) about what he sees ahead in 2012 for public health. NewPubl ...
Faces of Public Health: A Q&A with Linda Rae Murray, President of the American Public Health Association
May 23, 2011 | New Public Health Post
Faces of Public Health is a recurring editorial series on NewPublicHealth featuring individuals working on the front lines of public health and helping keep people healthy and safe. Today's profile is Linda Rae Murray, president of the American Publ ...
Death and Public Health
March 7, 2013 | New Public Health Post
The current issue of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health magazine is devoted to how public health researchers and practitioners probe, investigate, understand and fight death.
Help Wanted
September 1, 2000 | Program Result Report
In 1999, the Public Health Institute, Berkeley, Calif., convened a national forum, Development of the 21st Century Public Health Workforce: Leadership, Commitment, and Action and oversaw related publications.
Bringing Safe Routes to Inner-City Chicago Schools
September 3, 2009 | Program Result Report
Walking to school is not supposed to be dangerous. For the students at Ames Middle School in Chicago and four nearby elementary schools, it is.
Ten-Year Project Enlists Churches to Improve Public Health
March 1, 2004 | Program Result Report
The Carter Center launched the Interfaith Health Program, which brought together religious groups, religious foundations and public health organizations to find ways that the religious community could respond to community health problems.
Training the Next Generation of Tobacco-Control Researchers
April 1, 2003 | Program Result Report
A 1999-2001 joint initiative between the Harvard School of Public Health, the University of Massachusetts Boston and the Massachusetts Department of Health developed and piloted a collaborative, doctoral-level, tobacco-control research training program.
New England Collaborative Urges a Regional Focus for Public Health Issues
December 1, 2003 | Program Result Report
A team of scientists, business leaders, doctors, security professionals and others formed the New England Collaborative for Public Health Preparedness to bring a regional focus to local planning against bioterrorism and other biological threats.