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The Social Marketing National Excellence Collaborative: Changing Unhealthy Behaviors
November 18, 2009 | Program Result
Social marketing campaigns can convince mothers to give their children low-fat milk instead of whole milk, kids to exercise, women to get a mammogram and everyone to eat more fruit and vegetables.
Emerging Public Health Leaders in Minnesota Build Confidence and Skills
November 18, 2009 | Program Result
Kristin Schultz, the assistant director of a local public health department in rural Minnesota, was tired of always trying to do more with less and overwhelmed by the challenges of working in public health.
Virginia Establishes a Public Health Institute
November 18, 2009 | Program Result
In order to strengthen the state's public health infrastructure, the Virginia Department of Health and the Virginia Hospital & Healthcare Association partnered to manage Virginia Turning Point.
The Power of a Small Grant: Building a Public Health-Oriented Electronic Medical Record System in New York City
February 11, 2009 | Program Result
The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene is one of the world's largest local public health agencies, with approximately 6,000 employees and an annual budget of more than $1.5 billion.
Short Courses at Columbia University Provide a Common Research Toolkit
October 24, 2008 | Program Result
The short courses are a great vehicle for that," said Peter Bearman, Ph.D., program co-director of the RWJF Health & Society Scholars program at Columbia.
Mentoring Experiences: Faculty Mentors at the University of Pennsylvania Help Scholars Prepare for Success in the New World of Population Health
October 24, 2008 | Program Result
Before entering Health & Society Scholars at the University of Pennsylvania, Carolyn Cannuscio, Sc.D., was studying the cardiovascular risks of the drug Vioxx.
Public Health Politics
January 1, 2006 | Program Result
Brown University conducted an exploratory study of the politics of obesity, analyzing lessons from the politics of past public health issues and the role of political institutions in the politics of obesity.
Improving Public Health Materials on the Web Takes Human and Automated Indexing
September 1, 2006 | Program Result
The Center for Natural Language Processing at Syracuse University developed a method for extracting key information from public health reports that will make it easier to find information on public health interventions.
Fourteen Symposia Cover Pressing Public Health Problems
February 1, 2005 | Program Result
The Harvard University School of Public Health, Boston, sponsored a series of 14 symposia on a broad range of public health topics, including nutrition, bioterrorism, ethics and health care disparities.
Collaborative Community Involvement Could Improve Public Health
March 1, 2005 | Program Result
National Charrette Institute conducted a literature review on collaborative public involvement practices and convened a best practices forum with experts from a variety of disciplines that use public involvement processes to promote and improve public health.