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2016 Community Rankings for Healthy Eating – Gallup-Sharecare

Information and Products / May 3, 2017 / Community, Health Promotion, Nutrition

Source: Gallup-Sharecare Well-Being Index This report, part of the Gallup-Sharecare State of American Well-Being series, examines healthy eating across the nation, ranking 189 communities based on the question ‘Did you eat healthy all day yesterday?’ The rankings show a wide range of results – with the highest communities having more than three quarters of their citizens […]

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CDC’s Built Environment & Health Initiative Saves Lives & Money

Information and Products / April 25, 2017 / Built Environment, Community, Health Promotion

The way we design & build our communities affects our health. CDC works with local & state partners to create healthy communities that provide safe & convenient opportunities for people to walk, bike, & use public transit. View Built Environment & Health Initiative Saves Infographic Poorly designed communities are dangerous & costly. Healthy community design

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Healthy Communities: What you can do

Information and Products / April 17, 2017 / Community, Health Promotion

Source: What you can do A new survey shows 94 percent of Americans are willing to take positive action to make their community a healthier place, according to research conducted by the Aetna Foundation. You can play a role in creating more healthy days where you live! Don’t wait! Start the Healthiest Cities & Counties

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Healthiest Cities & Counties: The Challenge

Information and Products / April 17, 2017 / Community, Health Promotion

Source: Welcome to the Challenge We believe a healthy city/county is economically competitive, inclusive and equitable. That’s why we’ve called on cities and counties across the country to join the Healthiest Cities & Counties Challenge. The Challenge is a partnership between the Aetna Foundation, the American Public Health Association and the National Association of Counties

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Data-Driven, Cross-Sector, and Community-Led Transformation: Place-based Population Health

Information and Products / April 7, 2017 / Community, Health, Health Care for People with Disabilities, Health Care Services

Toward Data-Driven, Cross-Sector, and Community-Led Transformation: Academy Health provides an overview of the findings including the who, the what and the how. Download Publication The Community Health Peer Learning Program (CHP), a partnership of AcademyHealth and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC), conducted an environmental scan of multisector initiatives driving toward

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Knowledge Translation Case Book

Information and Products / April 7, 2017 / Community, Knowledge Translation

Knowledge Translation Case Book Source: KT Casebook The Center on Knowledge Translation for Disability and Rehabilitation Research (KTDRR) has developed the Knowledge Translation (KT) Casebook to highlight what NIDILRR grantees are doing in the area of knowledge translation. Many grantees have indicated that they feel the development of a casebook of KT activities and accomplishments

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Guidelines for Dementia-Related Health Advocacy for Adults With Intellectual Disability and Dementia: National Task Group on Intellectual Disabilities and Dementia Practices. Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

Publications / February 10, 2015 / Advocacy, Community, Dementia, Families, Policy/Service

Kathleen M. Bishop, Mary Hogan, Matthew P. Janicki, Seth M. Keller, Ronald Lucchino, Dawna T. Mughal, Elizabeth A. Perkins, Baldev K. Singh, Kathy Service, Sarah Wolfson, and the Health Planning Work Group of the National Task Group on Intellectual Disabilities and Dementia Practices (2015) Guidelines for Dementia-Related Health Advocacy for Adults With Intellectual Disability and

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