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Building Sustainable Schools for Healthy Kids

Posted on 11/13/14

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Alterations in individual behaviors alone are not sufficient to change the course of the childhood obesity epidemic. Instead, environmental factors - such as the role of school design - must be engaged at a population scale to promote healthy behaviors.

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Healthy People 2020: Social Determinants of Health

Posted on 11/13/14

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Healthy People, by the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, provides science-based, 10-year national objectives for improving the health of all Americans.

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Overcoming Obstacles to Health in 2013 and Beyond

Posted on 11/13/14

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Despite leading the world on medical care spending, Americans have worse health and shorter lives than people in other affluent nations. This report shows dramatic differences in health among Americans from different income, education, and racial or ethnic groups.

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Time to Act: Investing in the Health of Our Children and Communities

Posted on 11/13/14

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Read recommendations by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Commission to Build a Healthier America on how we should invest in the health of our nation.

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Cross-Sector Collaboration To Improve Community Health: A View Of The Current Landscape

Posted on 11/12/14

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Collaboration between the health and community development sectors has gained increased attention as a means of accelerating progress to improve community health. This article offers an empirical perspective on the general status of such collaboration based on results from a national survey of practitioners in the community development and health fields.

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Lessons for Leaders: Navigating the Process of Healthy Community Change

Posted on 11/11/14

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Active Living By Design (ALBD) created lessons, principles and best practices for leaders of local, healthy community partnerships.

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Does Where You Live Affect How Long You Live?

Posted on 11/11/14

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A ZIP code is 5 numbers meant to give mail to people—not indicate how long they live. But all too often, that's exactly what a ZIP code does.

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Why Does Education Matter So Much to Health?

Posted on 11/11/14

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While it’s known that education leads to better jobs and higher incomes, research also shows that better-educated individuals live longer, healthier lives than those with less education, and their children are more likely to thrive.

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Better Education = Healthier Lives

Posted on 11/11/14

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The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s NewPublicHealth blog published a series of infographics exploring the connections between our health and the places where we live, learn, work and play, View their infographic on education and health.

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Better Transportation Options = Healthier Lives

Posted on 11/11/14

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The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s NewPublicHealth blog published a series of infographics exploring the connections between our health and the places where we live, learn, work and play, View their infographic on transportation and health.

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How Does Employment—or Unemployment— Affect Health?

Posted on 11/11/14

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Steady employment can provide the income, benefits and stability necessary for good health. Read a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation issue brief on the links between stable, well-paying jobs and better health.

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Employment and Health

Posted on 11/11/14

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The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's NewPublicHealth blog published a series of infographics exploring the connections between our health and the places where we live, learn, work and play, View their infographic on employment and health.

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Improving Health by Investing in Communities

Posted on 11/06/14

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A primer on the connections between community development and health.

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RWJF Commission City Maps

Posted on 11/03/14

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These maps illustrate how a short distance between two city neighborhoods can mean large disparities in life expectancy.

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Community Development Interview Series: S. Leonard Syme

Posted on 10/29/14

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Len Syme, considered by many to be one of the forefathers of social epidemiology, discusses how community developers may be the most important health interventionists of our time.

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Healthy Communities at Twenty-Five

Posted on 10/16/14

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This Winter 2013 special issue of the National Civic Review celebrates twenty-five years of Healthy Cities and Communities by looking at where this widespread movement started, what it has accomplished and its unfinished agenda.

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Place Matters

Posted on 10/10/14

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Place Matters is a national initiative designed to build the capacity of leaders and communities around the country to identify and address social, economic, and environmental factors that shape health inequities.

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The Impacts of Affordable Housing on Health: A Research Summary

Posted on 10/07/14

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A literature review on the ways in which the production, rehabilitation or other provision of affordable housing may affect health outcomes for children and families.

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An Evolving Approach To Collaborations Among Health And Other Sectors

Posted on 10/01/14

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If it is so well accepted that the health sector alone cannot improve health, why don’t multisectoral programs and policies happen more often and more successfully?

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Collaboration to Build Healthier Communities

Posted on 09/30/14

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A report prepared for the RWJF Commission to Build a Healthier America provides new information on collaborative action to improve the health of communities across the country.

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People and Place: A New Vision for Healthy Communities

Posted on 09/30/14

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Testimony by Nancy Andrews of the Low Income Investment Fund, prepared for the RWJF Commission to Build a Healthier America, on the need for better collaboration between the health and community development sectors.

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Nancy Andrews: Including a Healthy Communities Focus at LIIF

Posted on 09/30/14

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Nancy Andrews, President and CEO of the Low Income Investment Fund, talks about the decision to include a healthy communities focus in all of the work LIIF does around the country.

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Collective Action for Community Development

Posted on 09/30/14

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This issue of Community Investments explores cross-sector community development and lifts up best practices from pioneers in the field.

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Health Happens Where You Live, Learn, Work and Play

Posted on 09/30/14

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Doug Jutte, MD, executive director of the Network, speaks at the Waianae Coast Comprehensive Health Center annual retreat on the social determinants of health and the need for greater collaboration between health and community development.

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Communicating, Collaborating, and Coordinating to Revitalize New Jersey Neighborhoods

Posted on 09/26/14

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An article in Foundation Review focuses on the collaborative neighborhood revitalization work taking place in New Jersey.

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Green Housing = Improved Health: A Winning Combination

Posted on 09/26/14

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Affordable green housing benefits both the environment and the health of low-income residents.

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The Intersection of Health Philanthropy and Housing

Posted on 09/25/14

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Community development, health and housing must collaborate to improve the health of neighborhoods.

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Mariposa Healthy Living Initiative

Posted on 09/25/14

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The Mariposa Healthy Living Initiative recognizes that the built environment is a determinant of health outcomes, which ultimately influence the quality and length of life for residents.

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Built Environment and Public Health Clearinghouse

Posted on 09/25/14

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The Built Environment and Public Health Clearinghouse is a resource for training and relevant news about the intersection of health and place.

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Community Development Needs a Quarterback

Posted on 09/25/14

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LIIF and the Citi Foundation explain the need for a "community quarterback" to convene people who work across sectors.

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