Press ‘play’ on the Digital Health Communication Extravaganza’s (DHCX) promotional video, and the words “get ready for a deep dive into the digital age of health communication” flash across the screen to a pulsing bass line. If you haven’t heard about this brand-new conference, allow us to fill you in… and what better time, as [...]
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The Digital Health Communication Extravaganza: A “Must” for 2012
By Kimber | December 21, 2011Housing and Your Health: Connecting the Dots
By Blythe | December 19, 2011In an opinion piece published last week in Roll Call, Raphael Bostic (HUD) and Risa Lavizzo-Mourey (RWJF) tell it like it is: housing policy is health policy. We are proud to support HUD — as well as HHS, EPA, and other federal agencies — in their joint effort to create healthy homes and neighborhoods. Our [...]
Rethinking the Food Label
By Molly | August 2, 2011All natural! Good source of calcium! Low fat! Messages on the front of food packages shout at us in the grocery store, convincing us we need not stare at the stark statistics on the back of the package to determine if it’s healthy. When it comes to making food choices, the current nutrition label is [...]
Introducing Healthy People 2020
By Sarah | December 3, 2010The newest edition of Healthy People, officially released by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on December 2nd, sets “ambitious, yet achievable” national public health priorities for the next decade. Healthy People establishes national benchmarks and identifies relevant data sources, allowing health professionals and the government to monitor progress over time. One [...]
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