Connecting Public Health and the Food Industry: Reducing Sodium through Public-Private Collaboration (March 10, 2016)
How can public health collaborate with industry leaders to inform foods produced, prepared, and served within the food system?
Creating Common Language Between Public Health and Health Care: Lessons from the State Forums Project
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In our line of work, as in many fields, we very often have our own language. Anyone in the public health field can likely recount their first meeting, trying to keep up and make sense of the public health “alphabet soup.” Do you think we can look at the ACEs data in the BRFSS before […]
NNPHI Leads Initiative to Enhance Disaster-Related Health Recovery Efforts Across the Country
- By: Maurice Starks
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On Tuesday, March 12, 2019, the National Network of Public Health Institutes (NNPHI) announced the Hurricane Response Hub (HRH) initiative. Funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the HRH initiative is designed to enhance disaster surveillance in addition to environmental and occupational health recovery efforts in areas impacted by Hurricanes Harvey, […]
NNPHI Releases New Report on the Unique Challenges and Opportunities of Tobacco Control Efforts in Rural Communities
- By: Maurice Starks
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On Tuesday, February 12, 2019, the National Network of Public Health Institutes (NNPHI), in conjunction with the Maine Public Health Institute and the National Association of Chronic Disease Directors (NACDD), announced the release of Advancing Tobacco Prevention and Control in Rural America, a new report highlighting the significant toll tobacco has on rural communities. The […]
Meet Our Circle of Winners: The NNPHI Awards
- By: Mikhaila Richards, MS
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The NNPHI Awards This year, for the first time ever, we opened up our awards program to include national partners and the public health community outside of the Network. We called for the nomination of outstanding individuals and organizations who made exemplary contributions to improving the public’s health and embodying NNPHI’s mission and values. You […]
National Public Health Week: What Do You Call a Public HealthTwitter Chat?
- By: Shaila Huq
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A resounding success! Spring is here, and we’re busier than ever! We recently wrapped up the wildly successful National Conference on Tobacco or Health (NCTOH), began preparation for our Spring Open Forum, and now find ourselves inching towards the registration deadlines for the NNPHI Annual Conference and our Public Health Improvement Training (PHIT). In the […]
Four Presentations from the 2016 NNPHI Annual Conference: Making the NNPHI “Refrigerator Door Collage”
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A confession: we’re a little sentimental, here at NNPHI. Sentimentality is hard to avoid when we consider that 2017 marks the 16th year of the NNPHI Annual Conference; that’s sixteen years of trial and error, community building and, most importantly, the advancement of public health. One might even say that we feel like proud mothers gushing […]
We Launched Our New Healthy Schools Program: Here’s What We Know So Far
- By: Divine Mayaka
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According to the World Health Organization (WHO), many of today’s and tomorrow’s leading causes of death, disease, and disability—including cardiovascular disease, cancer, chronic lung diseases, depression, violence, substance abuse, and HIV/AIDS/STI— can be significantly reduced by preventing six behaviors: Tobacco use Behavior that results in injury and violence Alcohol and substance use Dietary and hygienic […]
Our Public Health Network Continues to Lift Up Humanity
- By: Vincent Lafronza, EdD, MS
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The 2016 election cycle reminds us just how contentious democratic processes can be, and historians and political scientists will study November’s election for years to come. Moving into 2017 and beyond, we will have to navigate the challenges related to the new administration’s plans to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, to diverge from […]
Cut the Sodium: Highlights from the “Connecting Public Health and the Food Industry Web Form Series”
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The evidence against excessive sodium intake just keeps coming. Consuming too much sodium can raise blood pressure levels, contribute to hypertension and inevitably increase risk of heart disease and stroke—the two leading causes of death in the world. Excessive sodium intake is also associated with osteoporosis, stomach cancer, and kidney disease. Still, the average American […]
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