Information Matters!
CDC/ Mary Hilpertshauser
If we read Facebook and news outlets, we see lots of opinions on different topics: vaccine dangers to cancer treatments to medical marijuana to food-borne illnesses. So many people with so many opinions and it’s all out there for consumption. Our collective liberties and freedoms allow these expressions (as well they should), but do we ever stop to consider the...
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The “Why” of Community Health Needs Assessments
To understand, begin with the “Why.”Photo by: I, Nikopoley
If you spend much time in healthcare these days, you will surely hear the term Community Health Needs Assessment, or simply Community Health Assessment.
Hospitals, public health departments, community foundations and a variety of nonprofit organizations serving healthcare needs are keenly interested in better understanding...
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Why hire a consulting firm, anyway?
I get this question from friends and associates recently: “what is your consulting firm about, anyway?”
Valid question, and one that begins with a declarative statement: we want to help communities be data-driven when making decisions about health care. For some people, that might sound like a dull endeavor. Graphs, trends, surveys, and reports don’t typically excite the senses. Data, after...
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Good News for Childhood Obesity Battle
Photo by Lori Yerdon used with Creative Commons permission
This article on CNN.com shows that for the first time in many years, we may be stemming the tide of childhood obesity. For the last decade, public health organizations and health care providers have been searching for interventions to fight the obesity epidemic that has swept the nation, particularly the southeastern US. While many...
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In the Beginning…
For months it had been rolling around in our heads. My concept was a fuzzy notion; Matt’s was a real concept and one that is set to fill a pressing need.
You see, I had this idea that the timing was right to put my affinity for healthcare, communications and community building to work to help improve the health of communities during this time when preventive health seemed to be coming of age....
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