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New Essay: Hospital and Health Systems Explore Community Development Partnerships

The Build Healthy Places Network, a program of the Public Health Institute, supported by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, recently...

Nov 17, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman

  • NACCHO Executive Director to Participate in #NetworkCommons Chat

    NACCHO Executive Director Dr. LaMar Hasbrouck will participate in the next Build Healthy Places Network #NetworkCommons Twitter chat....

    Sep 24, 2015 | Katie Regan

  • MeasureUp, A New Tool for Assessing Health Impact in Community Development Efforts

    The Build Healthy Places Network has announced the release of MeasureUp, a tool to help measure and communicate the impact of public...

    Sep 10, 2015 | Bridget Kerner

    • Tools & Resources, Community Health, Health Equity & Social Justice

    Principles for Building Healthy and Prosperous Communities

    The Build Healthy Places Network released the Principles for Building Healthy and Prosperous Communities. The five principles emerged from a cross-sector review of value statements, mission statements, and principles of organizations in the field. The Network put out a survey of proposed principles and collected feedback from across the country. The values in these Principles […]

    Feb 20, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro

    Community Health, Food Safety & Inspection, Healthy Living & Prevention, Policy

    Local Government as Health Champions: The Wake County Healthy Community Initiative

    Note: This was originally posted on the Healthy Places by Design blog. By Tim Schwantes, Project Officer, Healthy Places by Design During a time when public confidence in government is low, six municipalities in Wake County, NC, have demonstrated that local governments can still have a profound effect on their communities’ health. In fact, healthy […]

    Oct 24, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro

    Climate Change, Hazards & Health Effects, Maternal, Child, & Adolescent Health

    Show Your Support for Children’s Environmental Health

    By the Children’s Environmental Health Committee of the American Public Health Association’s Environment Section Local health department professionals are uniquely aware of the health issues and risks affecting their towns and cities. Some counties have a disproportionate number of homes with lead paint, and others have increasing asthma prevalence rates among children. Children are especially...

    Sep 12, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro

    Funding Opportunity, Press Release

    Request for Proposals: Partners for Places General Grants Program

    In partnership with the Urban Sustainability Directors Network, the Funders’ Network for Smart Growth and Livable Communities (TFN) announced the opening of Round 13 of the Partners for Places grant program. Partners for Places is a successful matching grant program that improves U.S. and Canadian communities by building partnerships between local government sustainability leaders and...

    Jun 13, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro

    Call for Comments, All of Us

    Seeking Feedback: Principles for Building Healthy and Prosperous Communities

    The Build Healthy Places Network is seeking feedback from multiple sectors to help inform their emerging movement for healthier families and communities. The Network hopes to uncover the foundational values that help pave the way for successful cross-sector collaborations and effective solutions for building healthy and prosperous communities. In order to give various sectors something to respond...

    May 01, 2018 | Kim Rodgers

    New Essay: Hospital and Health Systems Explore Community Development Partnerships

    The Build Healthy Places Network, a program of the Public Health Institute, supported by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, recently published an essay highlighting the utility of community partnerships in improving local health outcomes. The article, featured in the latest issue of the program’s Crosswalk Magazine is titled, From Treating the Ill to Preventing the Illness. It […]

    Nov 17, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman

    NACCHO Executive Director to Participate in #NetworkCommons Chat

    NACCHO Executive Director Dr. LaMar Hasbrouck will participate in the next Build Healthy Places Network #NetworkCommons Twitter chat. The #NetworkCommons chat is a virtual meeting place that connects practitioners committed to improving low-income communities and the lives of people living in them. The next session, October 20 from 1:30-2:30 p.m. ET, will bring together medical […]

    Sep 24, 2015 | Katie Regan

    MeasureUp, A New Tool for Assessing Health Impact in Community Development Efforts

    The Build Healthy Places Network has announced the release of MeasureUp, a tool to help measure and communicate the impact of public health professionals’ work. Former HUD assistant director Raphael Bostic once said, “We cannot advance effective policy if we do not know what works.” That means measuring and quantifying successes and struggles. But for many, measuring impact […]

    Sep 10, 2015 | Bridget Kerner

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