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Primary Care and Population Health: Third in a Five-Part Series
January 31, 2013 | Human Capital Blog Post
The New York Academy recently conducted a survey of 17 thought leaders in primary care and population health. In the third of five blog posts, we share a synthesis of what those leaders had to say.
Partnerships for Preparedness: Shake Hands Across the Table Well Before Disaster Strikes
January 4, 2013 | New Public Health Post
Preparing for disasters like Hurricane Sandy is critical, even more so because of the massive devastation this storm has brought to Staten Island, New York, where hundreds are still without power, and thousands must rebuild their homes and businesse ...
Health Matters in San Francisco: Community Benefit and its True Benefits for San Francisco
November 5, 2012 | New Public Health Post
Community benefit and its true benefits for San Francisco.
Ramona Trovato, Environmental Protection Agency: National Prevention Strategy Series
October 19, 2012 | New Public Health Post
In a new interview with Ramona Trovato, Deputy Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), NewPublicHealth continues its conversation series about the National Prevention Strategy. The strategy was released last year by Sur ...
Measuring Population Health Outcomes
July 1, 2012 | Journal Article
An ideal population health outcome metric should reflect a population's dynamic state of physical, mental and social well-being. On the basis of a review of outcomes metrics currently in use and the availability of data for at least some U.S. counties, this study makes recommendations for population health outcomes.
ASTHO Opening Session Targets the Intersection of Public Health and Health Care
September 13, 2012 | New Public Health Post
GUEST POST by Lisa Junker, CAE, director of communications for the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) At the opening session of the ASTHO Annual Meeting in Austin, Paul Wallace, vice president of The Lewin Group, pointed t ...
Making the Case for Prevention: A Q&A with James Marks of RWJF
September 12, 2012 | New Public Health Post
James S. Marks, MD, Senior Vice President of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, recently spoke on a keynote panel at the annual ASTHO meeting in Austin, Texas, on making the case for prevention. NewPublicHealth spoke with Dr. Marks about the great ...
Public Health Partnerships: NewPublicHealth Q&A with Marc Manley
August 22, 2012 | New Public Health Post
Strategic partnerships to help extend the reach and resources needed to improve population health, was a focus of recent annual conferences, including the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting and the 2012 annual conference of the National Associati ...
Charles Stokes: Faces of Public Health
August 21, 2012 | 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. The CDC Foundation, established by Congress in 1995, connects the C ...
Transforming Public Health: A NewPublicHealth Q&A
July 25, 2012 | New Public Health Post
The Transforming Public Health project supported by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and convened by RESOLVE brought together a group of local, state and national public health leaders to develop guidance for public health officials and policymake ...