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Discover the link between where you live and your health kdhhealthcomm.wordpress.com
“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep...
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A change we need to reduce healthcare costs: reduce hospital acquired... kdhhealthcomm.wordpress.com
I first posted this on OccupyHealthcare September 10,2012. The...
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KIDS BE AWARE INC - Home kidsbeaware.org
Kids Be Aware, Inc makes it a mission to educate children and parents...
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Education – A Social Determinant of Health. Resources and discussion from the most recent LHI Webinar.
On Thursday, September 20 we hosted the ninth “Who’s Leading the Leading Health Indicators?” Webinar, which focused on education as a...
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The Democratization of Fitness--most people don't use or need health clubs
It's about time we realized that fitness doesn't need to be fancy. A simple walk in the park with a few strengthening and stretching ...
Leader Launches the "Democratization of Fitness" preventobesity.net
New Yorker Nancy Bruning is a certified personal trainer. She also has a master’s degree in public health. But she’s made it her mission to convince people they don’t need any of those things to get healthy — and she wants to...
Obesity
Adult Obesity Rates Could Exceed 60 Percent in 13 States by 2030, According to New Study
Adult Obesity Rates Could Exceed 60 Percent in 13 States by 2030, According to New Study - Trust for America's Health healthyamericans.org
Washington, D.C., September 18, 2012 – The number of obese adults, along with related disease rates and health care costs, are on course to increase dramatically in every state in the country over the next 20 years, according...
Using Twitter To Track Local Health Trends
MappyHealth is the winning entry in the HHS developers’ challenge, "Now Trending: #Health in My Community."
MappyHealth is a free, ...
EHRs Could Help Doctors Make Better Decisions About Prescribing Antibiotics
Research suggests that the use of electronic health records (EHRs) to help doctors see local trends in infections could help lower the ...
Education – A Social Determinant of Health. Resources and discussion from the most recent LHI Webinar.
On Thursday, September 20 we hosted the ninth “Who’s Leading the Leading Health Indicators?” Webinar, which focused on education as a ...
Healthy People 2020 Spotlight on Health Webinar: Bullying Among Adolescents
Don’t miss out on the Healthy People 2020 Spotlight on Health: Bullying Among Adolescents Webinar on Thursday, September 27 at 12pm ET. ...
Focus on Simplicity content.govdelivery.com
U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services sent this bulletin at 09/06/2012 10:27 AM EDT By Cassandra Locke | Posted September 05, 2012 Writing about health-related government topics can be challenging. Medical jargon, academic...
LHI Webinar: Education and Its Impact as a Social Determinant of Health
Join us on Thursday, September 20 at 12:00 PM ET for a roundtable discussion on the importance of education as a social determinant of ...
The Uninsured and the Difference Health Insurance Makes This fact sheet describes the characteristics of the uninsured and explains the recent increase in this population. It also examines the difference that health insurance...
Framing is Key to Communicating Public Health Issues
A recent study discusses why framing messages is key to communicating effectively about complicated public health issues, like climate ...
Diabetes Management: Helping Teens Develop Healthy Behaviors
Many adolescents have difficulty managing their diabetes. New research from the National Institutes of Health suggests that family ...
Join us for the Next LHI Webinar: Education and Its Impact as a Social Determinant of Health
In 2007–08, 74.9% of students attending public schools graduated with a regular diploma 4 years after starting 9th grade. What impact ...
NIH Unveils Mobile App for Women’s Health
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has launched “52 Weeks for Women’s Health,” a new mobile application (app) that gives women ...
Healthper continues to assemble a full service suite that adds value and consistently exceeds expectations. Healthper has designed a complete social health and wellness gaming solution that incorporates community, teams,...
from NIRSA News - NIRSA Joins the American College Health Association in Launching Healthy Campus 2020
Healthy Campus 2020 encourages the full gamut of campus resources to collaboratively provide a healthy higher education experience. - ...
Leaders in collegiate recreation know that good health is beyond the scope of medical measurements. Healthy Campus 2020 champions a holistic concept of health through its myriad of tools and resources for campus professionals....