Partnership for a Healthy Community: A Tobacco Prevention Program in Central Aroostook CountyAs a part of a tobacco settlement money distribution program, the State of Maine granted 31 communities with significant funding to implement community-based tobacco prevention programs. The primary goal was to...
Partnership for Sustainable Communities Five Years oF Learning From Communities and Coordinating FederaL investments F I F T H A N N I V E R S A R Y R E P O R T About the Partnership On June 16, 2009, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Shaun Donovan,...
Investing in Healthy Communities: Together, in Partnership, We Have a Responsibility to Society and to Offenders to Continue Developing and Evaluating Efficient, Effective, and Cost-Conscience Methods of Delivering Valid, Evidence-Based Treatment and Programs...
Peer-to-peer education regarding chronic disease topics is a vital component of health promotion in medically underserved communities. National Institutes of Health funding has provided the impetus for an equitable community-university partnership in Austin, between the Westside Health Authority (a ...
Majee, W. Goodman, L., Vetter-Smith, M., & Canfield, S. (2016). Healthy communities initiative: A preliminary assessment of the University of Missouri-Sedalia health promotion partnership. Community Development, 47(1), 91-105. doi: 10.1080/15575330.2015.1100643...
Figure 4. Examples of combining “capital” to suit the needs of specific projects: (A) Healthy Communities Study; (B) Measures Registry; and (C) Healthy Food Incentives Workshops. CC, Coordinating Center; CDC, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; RWJF, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation; ...
Background/Question/Methods Urban gardens provide affordable, fresh produce to communities, including those with limited access to healthy food. However, urban gardening may increase exposure to lead and other soil contaminants. Gardeners have asked for support in assessing soil contamination and exposures...
Over the past few decades, a series of major challenges to global health have successively emerged, which call for China’s deeper engagement in global health governance. In this context, the China-UK Global Health Support Programme (GHSP) was launched i
were clean water, air and energy; city forests; a city safe from chemicals; recycling of materials; green and social economy; urban farming; a welfare-sharing, diverse, healthy and beautiful community; a people-oriented traffic system; residential environments; and education for sustainability [52...
enabling them to lead lives that are as financially secure and as healthy as possible. We primarily assist healthcare providers, including case managers and social workers, with identifying patients who may qualify for Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) and veterans disability benefits. Getting...