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CDC Posts Info on
Tsunamis.
CDC has posted health
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The web page includes a notice to travelers to tsunami-affected regions, health
advice for humanitarian workers, links to other relevant web sites, and other
information.
Some
of the local and national organizations accepting donations to help victims of
the 2004 South Asian tsunami. Consumer guidelines for giving can be found on the Web site
for the U.S.
Federal Trade Commission.
*Participatory
and Other Practice-Based Research and Evaluation
Video and slide presentation on practice-based research and
closing the gap between research and practice: Lecture at
McGill University's PRAM, Montreal, Oct 24, 2006. Also at University of
Waterloo on occasion of Honorary Doctor of Science degree, Waterloo, Ontario,
Oct 21, 2006 (Slides
only).
New and Revamped Doctor of Public Health (Dr.P.H.) programs
reorienting to practice-based research and leadership
The schools of public health at the University
of California at Berkeley and Johns
Hopkins University, among others, have recast their DrPH programs in
recognition of the growing need for a body of evidence that would complement the
more academically- oriented and -based research with practice-based,
community-based and participatory research emphases on the needs and capacities
of communities and local practitioners to contribute to the knowledge. New DrPH
programs are developing at Emory University's Rollins School of Public Health
and at the University
of North Carolina at Greensboro, for example. This trend promises to reverse
the gradual disappearance of DrPH degree programs in some schools of public
health as they were perceived to be increasingly indistinguishable from PhD
programs and Doctor of Science programs. Of the 36 schools studied in the 2004
Annual Data Report from the Association of Schools of Public Health, only 1.4
percent of all degrees awarded were the DrPH. The PhD accounted for 7.6 percent
of degrees. Making the DrPH more distinct in its function and more relevant to
current needs in the field of public health will assure its renewed
attractiveness to students enrolling for doctoral-level training in schools of
public health. The "leadership" emphasis in most of the new or
revamped programs is combined with the practice-based research emphasis, but is
the primary purpose in some, such as the University
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's DrPH in Public Health Leadership.
Online Resources for Faculty Working to Make a
Difference in Communities
The Community-Campus Partnerships for Health released the Community-Engaged
Scholarship Toolkit, an online resource aiming to provide health professional
faculty with a set of tools to carefully plan and document their
community-engaged scholarship and produce strong portfolios for promotion and
tenure. The toolkit offers guidance, resources, and successful examples of
portfolio materials from faculty that have been promoted based on their
community-engaged scholarship. The toolkit is available at www.communityengagedscholarship.info.
An audiofile and slides are available from the October 13 webconference:
Learning about the New Community-Engaged Scholarship Toolkit. The materials are
available on the Community-Campus Partnerships for Health website at http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/pastpresentations.html
<http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/pastpresentations.html>
During the webconference, information was shared about how this online
resource can provide health professional faculty with a set of tools to
carefully plan and document their community-engaged scholarship and produce
strong portfolios for promotion and tenure. In addition, several resources were
mentioned during the webconference. These included:
* The recently released report from the Commission on Community-Engaged
Scholarship in the Health Professions can be downloaded at http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/kellogg3.html.
* The Community-Engaged Scholarship for Health Collaborative webpage is
located at http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/healthcollab.html
* The Community-Engaged Scholarship Listserv, sign up at: https://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/comm-engagedscholarship
* The Community-Engaged Scholarship Resources web page: http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/scholarship.html.
A document with answers to frequently asked questions about community-engaged
scholarship has recently been posted on this page.
From the CCPH homepage (www.ccph.info)
one can locate links to the major national calls for action and mandates on
university-community engagement, including:
Linking Scholarship and Communities: Report of the Commission on
Community-Engaged Scholarship in the Health Professions. 2005.
Institute of Medicine. The Future of the Public's Health in the 21st Century.
Washington, DC: National Academy of Sciences Press, 2002.
Institute of Medicine. Who Will Keep the Public Healthy: Educating Public
Health Professionals for the 21st Century. Washington, DC: National Academy of
Sciences Press, 2002.
Maurana, C., M. Wolff, et al. Working with our Communities: Moving from
Service to Scholarship in the Health Professions. Community-Campus Partnerships
for Health's 4th Annual Conference "A Policy Agenda for Health in the 21st
Century", 2000.
The Kellogg Commission on the Future of State and Land-Grant Universities.
Returning to Our Roots: The Engaged Institution. 1999.
Translation Research and CBPR
The Proceedings from the NIH-CDC Conference on "From
Clinical Trials to Community: The Science of Translating Diabetes and Obesity
Research," Co-chaired by Lawrence Green and Roland Hiss on January 12-13,
2004 have been posted online at http://www.niddk.nih.gov/fund/other/Diabetes-Translation/conf-publication.pdf.
One of the sessions is entitled Community-Based Participatory
Research for Diabetes Translation and Multi-level, Multi-factorial
Interventions. Marshall H, Chin, MD, MPH, Associate Professor of Medicine;
Director, Prevention and Control Core of the Diabetes Research and Training
Center, University of Chicago chaired this session.
To request a hard copy, please contact Iain Mackenzie, (301)
897-2789 ext 124, imackenzie@thehillgroup.com
The subsequent (May 4-5, 2004) workshop, co-chaired by
Lawrence Green (for CDC) and Lawrence Fine (for NIH), on Designs for the
Scientific Evaluation of Complex Interventions is online at: http://obssr.od.nih.gov/Conf_Wkshp/Complex%20Interventions.htm.
Papers from or building on that conference are forthcoming soon in American
Journal of Preventive Medicine.
For other online resources:
Ottawa to Bangkok: A special series addressing the various issues
regarding the Ottawa and Bangkok Charters for Health Promotion and titled
"Ottawa 1986-Vancouver 2007: Should the Ottawa Charter be revisited ?
" is in the Reviews of Health Promotion and Education Online
(RHPEO), the electronic journal of the International Union for Health Promotion
and Education (IUHPE). "In addition to the latest version of the Bangkok Charter
and the official IUHPE position in relation to it, 13 papers in English, French
and/or Spanish by a wide variety of authors from around the world including
leading thinkers in the field (Mittlemark, Kickbusch, Restrepo, Nutbeam,
etc.) offer a variety of opinions about several of the participatory issues as
well as about other relevant issues for health promotion. Go and have a look at
<www.rhpeo.org>.
New papers are added regularly to this series and RHPEO receives an average of
about 60,000 hits a month." --Michel O'Neill, Editor in Chief, RHPEO
Review of community-based participatory research: Viswanathan M, Ammerman A, Eng E, et al. Community-Based Participatory
Research: Assessing the Evidence. Evidence Report/Technology Assessment No. 99
(Prepared by RTI  University
of North Carolina Evidence-based Practice Center under Contract No.
290-02-0016). AHRQ Publication 04-E022-2. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare
Research and Quality. July 2004. Available at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/bv.fcgi?rid=hstat1a.chapter.44133.
Accessed February 3, 2005. A summary of this report is available at: http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/epcsums/cbprsum.htm.
and the guidelines for participatory research.
A new online journal, Implementation Science, will focus on
translating research into improved patient care.
Federal
grants in participatory research
From NIH: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-MD-05-002.html
on CBPR in reducing health disparities (2006, 2007).
Executive Summary
- The ultimate goal of this RFA is to support intervention research on
health disparities that is jointly conducted by communities and researchers.
- This RFA will utilize the NIH resource-related research projects (R24)
grant award mechanism.
- The total amount to be awarded is $4.5 million.
- The anticipated number of awards is 5-10.
- Eligible organizations include not-for-profit and for-profit, public or
private organizations, units of state and local governments, eligible
agencies of the Federal Government, domestic institutions/organizations,
faith-based or community-based organizations, and Native American tribal
organizations.
- Eligible principal investigators are any individuals with the skills,
knowledge, and resources necessary to carry out the proposed research.
- Each applicant may submit only one application in response to this RFA.
- The PHS 398 application instructions are available at http://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/phs398/phs398.html
in an interactive format. For further assistance contact GrantsInfo,
Telephone (301) 435-0714, Email: GrantsInfo@nih.gov.
The complete program announcement is available online at:
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-05-026.html
Applications are due on May 17, 2007.
To stay up on the latest community-based participatory research (CBPR) news
and announcements, subscribe to the CBPR listserv at https://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/cbpr
For more resources on CBPR, visit
http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/commbas.html
Canada
The Canadian Institutes for Health Research (CIHR) Partnership Award
recognizes partnerships that exemplify excellence by bringing health research
communities together to create innovative approaches to research; develop
research agendas that are responsive to the health needs of Canadians; and/or
accelerate the translation of knowledge for the benefit of Canadians. The
emphasis of the award is on innovative cross-sectoral partnerships that promote
excellence.
Partnerships will be assessed on the basis of the following criteria:
- Overall contribution to advancing health research and the improved health
of Canadians, more effective health services and products and a strengthened
Canadian health care system;
- Demonstrated results that would not have been achieved by individual
partners acting alone;
- A relationship of mutual trust, respect, and commitment, including positive
communication and mechanisms for continuous improvement;
- Maximizing strengths and assets of each partner, ultimately strengthening
all partner organizations; and
- Sharing of credit, among all partners, for the partnership's
accomplishments.
The eligibility criteria can be found at <http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/27367.html>
From Rand:
Getting To Outcomes 2004: Promoting Accountability Through Methods and Tools
for Planning, Implementation, and Evaluation
Matthew Chinman, Pamela Imm, Abraham Wandersman
Available
for Download Only (399 pp.)
ISBN: 0-8330-3528-2
TR-101-CDC, © 2004
Participatory research in tobacco control
Mercer SL, MacDonald G, Green
LW. Participatory Research and Evaluation: From Best Practices for All States to
Achievable Practices Within Each State in the Context of the Master Settlement
Agreement. Health Promotion Practice 2004; 5(3):167S-178S. Click
here for abstract.
With funding from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation,
Community-Campus Partnerships for Health convened a Commission in 2004 to provide
leadership in creating more supportive cultures and reward systems for health
professional faculty involved in community-based participatory research, service
learning and other forms of "community-engaged scholarship." For
a copy of the Commission report and
recommendations, send an e-mail to Jennifer Kauper-Brown (jenbr@u.washington.edu).
Now Available,
online
Proceedings from The National Symposium on
Community-University Partnerships: Translating Evidence into Action, cosponsored
by HUD's Office of University Partnerships and Community-Campus Partnerships for
Health on April 26, 2003.
New Books: Fetterman & Wandersman (Eds.) Empowerment
Evaluation: Principles in Practice.
 For Guilford
Press (2005) description and table of contents, click
here.
Exploring
Challenges, Progress, and New Models for Engaging the Public in the
Clinical Research Enterprise: Clinical Research Roundtable Workshop
Summary.
Based on a Workshop of the IOM Clinical Research Roundtable, Jessica
Aungst, Amy Haas, Alexander Ommaya, Lawrence W. Green,
Editors.
98 pages, 8.5 x 11, National Academies Press, 2003.
Full Full text free
online.
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Minkler & Wallerstein's new book on
Community-Based Participatory Research for Health, now available from
Jossey-Bass, contains the Guidelines for Participatory Research as Appendix C.
San Francisco:
Jossey-Bass, 2003. www.josseybass.com
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Grants for
community-based participatory research made by the Office of Science and
Extramural Research, Public Health Practice Program Office, CDC.
The inaugural issue of the
online CDC journal, Preventing Chronic Disease, 2004, features an article
by David Katz:
Katz on Community
Participatory Research.
Cargo,
et al. 2003, on fostering empowerment of youth through a participatory
research project.
CDC's Futures Initiative
Workgroup on Public Health Research, co-chaired by Lawrence W. Green & Tanja
Popovich, has released its draft report in which participatory research is
featured as one characteristic of future CDC-sponsored research that will help
achieve CDC's primary purpose of applying science to practice and policy. E-mail
txp1@cdc.gov for a copy.
PRECEDE-PROCEED
For a recent slide presentation on the
evolution of the PRECEDE-PROCEED,
click here.
A Japanese version of the model, called
MIDORI in Japanese, is online at http://homepage1.nifty.com/PRECEDE-PROCEED/midori.html.
The Japanese translation of the 2nd edition and a new translation of the 4th
edition are available in print.
A
summary of the Model and its applications, by Kelly McCormick Brown.
A
new tool for assessing sidewalk maintenance as an environmental support of
physical activity. Click on this title for an abstract of the article by
Joel Williamson et al in Health Promotion Practice, January 2005,
describing the development and testing of the instrument as an approach to
creating "environments that predispose, enable, and reinforce behavior
change and maintenance." To download a copy of the instrument and others
related to physical activity promotion, click
here.
Latest description of
program development of the Kahnawake Schools Diabetes Prevention Project,
a community-based participatory research and intervention project, which was based in part on the Precede-Proceed Model and extended some of the
social ecological approaches of planning, see Lesvesque,
et al., 2005.
New Features
and Updated Citations in 4th Edition of Health Program
Planning: An Educational and Ecological Approach, 2005. Chapter 3
(formerly chapters 3 & 4 in 3rd edition) combines the behavioral and
environmental diagnosis into the epidemiological diagnosis. Chapter 5 provides a
greatly expanded set of procedures ("matching, mapping, pooling, and
patching") for bridging the diagnostic and formative evaluation steps of
needs assessment in the first 4 chapters with the actual formulation of
interventions and process evaluation of programs at multiple ecological
levels.
Recent applications of Precede or Precede-Proceed Model published in 2003-05.
Newest published applications
added to bibliography up to Nov 7,
2005, include:
Best et al.,
2003, on
integrating models for community partnering in effective strategy;
Brouse et al.,
2004,
on colorectal cancer screening;
Cargo et al.,
2003, on
youth participatory research;
Chabot et al., 2003, and
Cote et al., 2003, on pharmacists' interventions in hypertension;
see also Cote
et al's 2004 comparison of quality-of-life measures in same study.
Chang et al., 2004
& 2005 on
measures & predictors of fat intake behavior in WIC mothers;
Chiang et al.,
2004; Liu &
Feekery, 2001, on asthma;
Coleman et al.,
2003, on
breast cancer screening;
Coppieters,
2003, on professional perceptions of asthma in youth;
Cross et al., 2003; Gielen
& Sleet, 2003; Farley et al., 2003, on injury control applications;
Darrow et al., 2004, on HIV/AIDS
prevention.
Dewar et al., 2003, on
nominal group process with chronic pain patients;
Gary et al., 2003, on
diabetes control in African-American community;
Green & Kreuter, 2005,
the 4th edition of PRECEDE-PROCEED, McGraw-Hill;
Kegler & Miner,
2004, on environmental health promotion;
Kukafka et al., 2003, on
developing the user interface of information technology systems;
Lesvesque,
et al., 2005, on development of a schools diabetes prevention project;
Lovato et al., 2003, on
evaluation of the EMPOWER interactive software;
Mercer et al., 2003, on
obesity control;
Mirand et al., 2003, on
physicians' de-prioritization of prevention in primary care;
Ozer
et al., 2005, on increasing physicians' counseling of adolescents;
Paluck et al., 2003, on
patient communications in pharmacies;
Parent
et al., 2004, on planning for health science teaching in the Congo;
Ramey et al., 2003, on
cardiovascular risk control in law enforcement officers;
Wright et al.,
2006, on
community youth mental illness
prevention;
Zimmerman et al.,
2004, on
physicians' use of influenza vaccination for elderly.
On our home page, we feature the most recent public health headlines. As new headlines crowd older ones off our front page, we archive them chronologically
here, providing a list of milestones for the current year, each with a link to
the fuller story. Some of the links are to newspapers that remove the full story
from direct access after a few weeks, so that you will need to register with the
newspaper's web site to gain access to the full story, and some even require
payment or subscription to access their archives.
Besides these recent public health headlines, setting-specific news and milestones
for occupational and worksite health can be found at the end of the Health
Program Planning Endnotes for Chapter
7; for school settings at the end of
Chapter 8, and for medical care settings at the end of Chapter 9 Endnotes. For
other topic-specific headlines and milestones of earlier vintage, go to the
relevant chapter in Community
and Population Health. Public health and behavioral health
headlines from 1999 (when the previous editions of Community and Population
Health and Health Promotion Planning were published) through 2004 can
be accessed below the 2005-2006
headlines. For 2005-06 headlines, scroll down or click the 2005 months: January, February,
March, April, May
June July,
Aug, Sept-Dec.
See White Papers on Chronic Disease and Communicable Diseases for
the California Health Summit.
Add your
comments on the blog. 1/4/07.
2011
Foreclosures
- Public Health Crisis Op-Ed from New York Times
10/02/2011
New
steps by CDC to fight childhood obesity Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC) 09/29/2011
Increase
in hospitalizations for alcohol and drug overdoses National
Institutes of Health 09/20/2011
Lack of
control of CVD risk factors responsible for 30% of the risk of CVD
death BMC Public Health 09/18/2011 [Provisional
PDF]
UC
Regents endorse initiative to raise cigarette tax University
of California
09/15/2011
[Related Links
---Full text of the ballot measure
-Analysis of the proposed initiative by the Legislative Analysts’ Office
-Regents item]
New
study shows IUDs almost reduce risk of cervical cancer Lancet Oncology
09/13/2011
In utero secondhand smoke exposure and risk of severe asthma
University of California, San Francisco 09/13/2011
Alcohol
use increases risk of colon cancer: Metastudy Boston University Medical Center
09/13/2011
New
report from IOM - Fungal Diseases: An Emerging Challenge to Human, Animal, and Plant Health
IOM 09/09/2011
Aerobic exercise
- key to reduce risk of dementia Mayo Clinic 09/08/2011
2008
report on foodborne illness outbreaks in United States CDC
09/08/2011
US blood supply could become infected with parasites from ticks
via transfusion CDC 09/06/2011
Dairy
recall of all products by Illinois dairy company due to improper
pasteurization Illinois Department of Public Health
09/02/2011
Need
to update the nation's public health laws to meet changing demands -
Report from IOM The Nation's Health 09/02/2011
When
unemployed means uninsured and how the Affordable Care Act will help
Commonwealth Fund 8/24/2011[Issue
Brief]
Sending
a positive message to LGB soldiers American Friends of Tel Aviv University
8/18/2011
Evidence
of overall reduction in childhood obesity due to public awareness and
mandates Childhood Obesity 8/14/2011
Prospect for Prevention of
Alzheimers Lancaster University 8/9/2011
HIV
infection rates among Black Men Who Have Sex With Men (MSM) increase
in United States PLoS ONE 8/3/2011 [Full
Text in PDF]
Milk protein lowers blood pressure for people with pre-hypertension and stage-1 high blood
pressure American Heart Association 7/18/2011
Implications of the Public Debt debates on health & social
security Kaiser Health News 7/8/2011
Tobacco-related health disparities among South Asians in the USA
Tobacco Control 6/27/2011
Reducing low dose aspirin therapy for cardiovascular disease: a study of physician and patient behavioral change
Implementation Science 6/26/2011 [Provisional
PDF]
New approaches for
management of atrial fibrillation - the 'new epidemic' in cardiovascular disease
European Society of Cardiology 6/25/2011
Constipation linked to
cardiovascular events in menopausal women University of Massachusetts Medical School
6/25/2011
Growing
evidence on potential effects of climate change on gardens National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
6/24/2011
Legal
battle regarding eligibility of human embryonic stem cell research for federal funding
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia 6/24/2011
Risk of overweight
among children and adolescents related to types of food consumed
Nutrition Journal 6/24/2011 [Provisional
PDF]
Life
expectancy in United States behind other nations Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME)
6/15/2011 [Abstract]
Gaps and
disparities in health care quality prevail in every state Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
(AHRQ) 6/1/2011 [2010 State Snapshots]
Top
10 public health achievements in the 21st century American Public Health Association
5/20/2011 [Full
report from CDC]
World Health Statistics 2011
report shows increasing number of countries face health threats from both
infectious and chronic diseases WHO 5/16/2011 [Click
on link to download full report (in English, French, & Spanish)
from WHO website]
USDA
food safety tips for flooded areas in the Southeast United States
USDA 5/11/2011
U.S. 22nd of 23 richest
(OECD) countries in health disparities UNICEF 5/8/2011
Independent
panel concludes - U.N. Peacekeeping Forces Brought Cholera to Haiti
United Nations 5/5/2011 [Final
Report]
Rise
in walking and cycling, but remain at low levels American Journal of Public Health
5/5/2011
Precautionary
health and safety measures after devastating tornadoes Alabama Department of Public Health
4/29/2011
Report
released by NAMI states high rates of depression among Asian American
teenage girls National Alliance on Mental Illness
4/22/2011 [Press
release from NAMI website]
Limitations of question about race can create inaccurate picture of health care disparities
Rice University 4/19/2011
CDC
study that looks at suicide rates from 1928-2007 U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
4/14/2011
New
survey: 72 percent of Americans think health care system needs major overhaul
The Commonwealth Fund 4/6/2011 [Issue
Brief]
Joint update statement from
FDA/EPA on the ongoing Japan radiation monitoring U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
3/30/2011
Mortality
rates high among individuals between 15 - 24 years compared to 1 - 4
year olds The Lancet 3/29/2011
The
current radiation threat to Japan's food and water ScienceInsider
3/23/2011
Affordable
Care Act - One year later U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
3/23/2011
Japan
disaster accentuates need for elder disaster preparedness The Gerontological Society of
America 3/18/2010
Japan
earthquake and tsunami - Report from World Health Organization
WHO 3/16/2011
Study
shows health care drops to eighth place among American's spending
preferences University of Chicago 3/10/2011
Southeastern
U.S. is nation's "diabetes belt" American Journal of Preventive Medicine
3/8/2011
Depression and anxiety differentially influence physical symptom reporting
University of Iowa 3/4/2011
Planning
and visualization leads to implementation of better food habits
McGill University, Montreal 2/25/2011
Deaths from Hepatitis B Virus Infection Associated with Assisted Blood Glucose Monitoring in Assisted-Living Facility
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) 2/18/2011
School's
response to student suicides Ohio State University 2/9/2011
New
dietary guidelines announced by USDA & HHS US Dept. of
Health & Human Services 1/31/2011
Economists theorize economic insecurity accounts for obesity
epidemic American University 1/21/2011
CVD
predicting tool for kids Medpage Today 1/17/2011
Smoking
cause genetic damage American Chemical Society
1/15/2011
Community
call to action on breastfeeding by US Surgeon General BusinessWire
1/14/2011
Breastfeeding
protocol of six months questioned British Medical Journal
1/13/2011
2010
Healthy
resolutions for 2011 Boston Globe 12/31/2010
Family
history not the sole risk for breast cancer Reuters
12/30/2010
Decade's
Top Food Safety Trends Kansas State University 12/23/2010
New
research on the benefits of breastfeeding WebMD 12/23/2010
CDC
estimation of obesity measurement: United States, 2005-2008 CDC
12/17/2010
Health
insurance requirement - is it unconstitutional?? NPR
12/15/2010
Less
intake of fruits and vegetables among children is high reason for
constipation Wiley-Blackwell
12/13/2010
New
study shows 50% women not diligent about breast cancer screening
MedPage Today 12/11/2010
Mini-Med
policies need to spell out limits of health coverage MedPage
Today 12/10/2010 [for additional information on the new rule from
the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), click here: Annual
Limit Waivers]
New
federal report shows slight drop in U.S. life expectancy US
News 12/9/2010 [for PDF version of the federal report from CDC,
click here: Deaths:
Preliminary Data for 2008]
New
study shows cranberry juice not effective for urinary tract infections
Clinical Infectious Diseases 12/8/2010
Study finds US consumers favor "green" restaurants
Ohio State University 12/7/2010
New
food allergy guidelines released Journal of Allergy and
Clinical Immunology 12/6/2010
Quitting
smoking leads to greater happiness and improved mood Medical
News Today 12/5/2010
Medication
errors database created by doctors Indiana
University School of Medicine 12/3/2010
Legislative
advancement on National Alzheimer's Project Act (NAPA) Alzheimer's
Association 12/2/2010
Impact
of policies that maintain or restrict alcohol selling days on
excessive alcohol consumption American Journal of
Preventive Medicine 12/2010
Is
there a relationship between local health department expenditures and
racial disparities in mortality? Social Science &
Medicine 12/2010
One-third
of diagnoses occurring late inspite of increase in HIV screenings
Medical News Today 11/30/2010
Resistance
training as good as aerobics in lowering hypertension Appalachian
State University 11/29/2010
Positive
developments improve AIDS current outlook Kaiser Health News
11/24/2010
New
report highlights the need to bring changes in U.S. elementary schools
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation 11/23/2010
Americans
rate healthcare highly Kaiser Health News 11/23/2010
Eating orange and dark green vegetables linked to longer life
Arch Int Med 11/22/2010
Consumption
of fruit, and vegetable cuts lung cancer risk Cancer
Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention 11/19/2010
FDA unveils 9 proposed tobacco package warning messages and images
Food and Drug Administration, DHHS 11/18/2010.
Culture-sensitive
approach to treat depression Massachusetts General Hospital
11/18/2010
American College of Sports Medicine's top fitness trends for 2011
American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) 10/30/2010
New
research study shows bed rest during pregnancy not best option
Science Daily 10/29/2010
DOSS
- new chemical test added to the Gulf waters to ensure no contaminants
Food and Drug Administration News release 10/29/2010
Pumpkin,
Ghost and Skull Halloween Lanterns recalled U.S. Consumer
Product Safety Commission 10/28/2010
2.14
million Nissan card recalled Reuters 10/28/2010
New
system to monitor electricity use Wiley-Blackwell
press release 10/28/2010
Statistics
for hypertension stuck at 30% for nearly a decade MedPage
Today 10/27/2010
T2 MoodTracker
- a free smart phone application for mental health US
Department of Defense press release 10/27/2010
Breastfeeding
- best for sickest babies Children's
Hospital of Philadelphia press release 10/27/2010
Malaria in India
more than current estimates Science 10/20/2010
Cattle Disease 2nd Deadly Virus to be Eradicated
Science 10/14/2010
UPS
buys hybrid electric vehicles The Journal of Commerce
10/7/2010
Female longevity tied to 5 to 6.5 hours of sleep
ScienceDaily 10/1/2010
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Indonesia to sell flu viruses, not give them to WHO. New
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MMWR,1/26/07.
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Fast food more accessible than healthful fare in California.
Calif Health Policy Advocacy Inst. study,
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