Stories from the Field provides a means for local health departments to share their experiences and demonstrate the value of public health.
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In business, you don’t sell the competitor’s product; you sell your product – you want to prosper. In the non-profit or public health...
Jul 17, 2018 | Guest Author
The DeKalb County Department of Recreation, Parks and Cultural Affairs is one of four parks and recreation departments in the nation...
Feb 20, 2018 | Andrea Grenadier
In business, you don’t sell the competitor’s product; you sell your product – you want to prosper. In the non-profit or public health sector, you work together. What? Who gets the profit, the prize, the prosperity? As it turns out, the profit is in the partnership; community health is the prize; and we all prosper.
The DeKalb County Department of Recreation, Parks and Cultural Affairs is one of four parks and recreation departments in the nation to be selected to develop an obesity prevention program. Led by Vanderbilt University and funded by the National Institutes of Health, the Healthier Families Program aims to help parents and preschoolers aged three to five years old learn about making healthy...
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The Van Buren/Cass District Health Department partnered with the district library to improve community health education.
Nov 18, 2024 | Clarissa Montes
The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted what we already know to be true: higher-risk populations are especially vulnerable to public health...
Aug 10, 2023 | Dominique Baradaran, MSM, Interim Chief of Community Health, Oklahoma City- County Health Department
Through the power of partnerships, the Catawba County Library System has found inspiration, resources and an enhanced role as a...
May 30, 2023 | Erica Derr, Collaborative Services Librarian, Catawba County Library System
Madison County Public Health Department in New York State held a health fair and concert event in an effort to vaccinate residents...
May 25, 2023 | Guest Author
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