Ten local public health practitioners—all graduates of Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health’s Leaders in Health program—discussed their efforts to promote health and wellness in the Boston area at a November 16 capstone event for the program.
At the upcoming National Institutes of Health Pathways to Prevention Workshop: Methods for Evaluating Natural Experiments in Obesity in Bethesda, MD, CHOICES research will be discussed in a session on translating research into policy and practice.
At the upcoming American Public Health Association 2017 Annual Meeting and Expo, Dr. Angie Cradock of the Prevention Research Center on Nutrition and Physical Activity at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health will present findings on school travel modes and active transportation among Boston Public School Students during Spring 2015. Date: Wednesday, November 8, … Continue reading “Session on School Travel Modes & Active Transportation Among Boston Public School Students in Spring 2015 at APHA 2017”
At the upcoming American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) 2017 National Conference & Exhibition in Chicago, IL, CHOICES research will be the main feature of a plenary session discussing the 5 most cost-effective strategies to prevent childhood obesity. Dr. Steven Gortmaker will also discuss results from 2 papers now in press that examine important issues for clinicians working … Continue reading “CHOICES Research to Be Discussed at the 2017 American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) National Conference & Exhibition”
“Creating the Healthiest Nation: Ensuring the Right to Health” is the topic of this year’s APHA meeting. In the theme of health equity, catch HPRC (including CHOICES) research during the following presentations (links to session and presentation descriptions): Monday 10/31 (8:30-10a CT) Efforts to reduce sodium availability: opportunities for public health (8:30-8:50a CT) Insights and Evaluation Results … Continue reading “HPRC at APHA 2016”
On Wednesday, February 3, at the 2016 Active Living Research (ALR) Conference, Dr. Angie Cradock will present CHOICES research on using cost-effectiveness analysis to prioritize policy and programmatic approaches to physical activity promotion and obesity prevention in childhood.
The theme of this year’s APHA meeting is “Health in All Policies.” Be sure to catch HPRC’s CHOICES team on November 4th at the following panel discussion: Identifying Cost-Effective Nutrition Policies to Reduce the Childhood Obesity Epidemic November 4th, 8:30 a.m.-10 a.m CT
This year’s November APHA meeting, “Healthography,” explores how health challenges are dictated by place. Be sure to look for HPRC researchers at the following presentations on Monday, November 17th and Tuesday, November 18th.
Join the Boston community in celebrating the opening of the Woolson Street Community Garden this Saturday! This project was featured in this past year’s Leaders in Health Community Training Program, by cohort member Mirlande Joseph.
Congratulations to the 2014 cohort for their successful completion of the Leaders in Health Community Training Program! Specific details about these participant’s individual projects will be posted soon. Leaders in Health works to build the capacity of our community partners by providing participants with an introduction to the fundamentals of community-based participatory research (CBPR) and … Continue reading “2014 Leaders in Health Cohort”