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  • Physical Activity and Early Education Weight Management in a Low-Income Setting: Program-Based Assessment

    This short report describes the process and plan for a needs assessment for a physical activity program in the Community Renewal Teams Early Childcare Education Programs. These reports were created in the Spring of 2010 by student teams as part of a class, Community Health Program Planning, at the Yale School of Public Health.

    May. 31, 2010

    Health

  • Building Stronger Communities for Better Health: Moving from Science to Policy and Practice

    This presentation, by Brian Smedley of the Health Policy Institute at The Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, addresses the role of race in health care equity.

    May. 31, 2010

    Health

  • Post-Shaw’s Food Search Begins

    [Excerpt] At the last community meeting, attendants filled out a survey about their shopping habits and needs. The survey also circulated in neighborhoods and on the web. More than 2,000 people have responded so far.

    Mar. 31, 2010

    Health

  • Closing Shaw's is Bad for Our Health

    In response to the closing of Shaw's Supermarket, CARE carried out a project to map New Haven neighborhoods and take inventory of places to buy food. The results showed that there is a lack of grocery stores and supermarkets in New Haven, making it difficult for people to find healthy food.

    Mar. 31, 2010

    Health

  • New RWJF Interactive Tobacco Map Highlights Local Policy Concerns

    For the first time, a new, interactive map [no longer active] from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation gives policy-makers and advocates a nationwide picture of continuing state efforts on key tobacco control policies. The interactive map is a wealth of information on policies related to tobacco control, cigarette taxes and prevention spending, and also features key data points about mortality, consumer behavior and public health.

    Mar. 11, 2010

    Health

  • New USDA Atlas Compares Food Environments of U.S. Counties

    Your Food Environment Atlas is an online mapping tool that assembles statistics on food environment indicators and provides a spatial overview of a community's ability to access healthy food and its success in doing so. The atlas was developed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Economic Research Service, with support from federal agencies, academia, and the private sector.

    Feb. 26, 2010

    Health

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