In a recent Health Promotion Practice (HPP) publication (May 4, 2021), Rabbi Nancy Epstein, MPH, MAHL, professor in the department of Community Health and Prevention at the Dornsife School of Public ...

The COVID-19 pandemic demonstrated a need to strengthen the US public health system by shifting toward much greater community engagement and leadership. In November and December 2023, we conducted ...

For nearly five years, New Jersey has demonstrated what’s possible when public investment supports true collaboration between community-based providers and health systems. In Hudson County, the ...

As our nation ages, with the need to address more mental health and loneliness challenges than ever, it is time to design new place-based care models that capitalize on the strengths of our old-style ...

As the analysis and examples in this report have demonstrated, a wide array of factors influences a community's health, and many entities in the community share responsibility for maintaining and ...

Health promotion is a key factor in the delivery of healthcare. The recent Joint-Base San Antonio (JBSA) Run for Life 5K and Health Expo is a success story of how Army Medical Command's (MEDCOM) ...

Community-based interventions have increasingly received attention since researchers and public health professionals have come to acknowledge the importance of an environment that makes the healthy ...

Since 2016, 52 percent of the Nicaraguan population has been covered by preventive and promotional health services across eleven Local Systems of Integrated Health Care and 66 municipalities. This ...

In Morocco, despite significant progress, maternal and infant mortality rates remain high, especially in rural areas. In 2018, there were 111 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births in rural areas ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Apr. 1—MORGANTOWN — As the old saying goes, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. As a public health leader in a state ...