A free and interactive training on successful strategies to advocate for environmental equity will be offered twice during the month of April. The workshops will feature Naeema Muhammad, who works with the NC Environmental Justice Network, and David Caldwell, an advocate … Read more
The UNC Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention congratulates Alice Ammerman, Laura Linnan, and Claire Lorch for their awards in community service to be presented on April 1. Dr. Ammerman, the director of HPDP and a professor of nutrition … Read more
North Carolina Communities Working in Partnership, a coalition of community-based organizations from around the state which have partnered with the Kellogg Health Scholars Program at the University of North Carolina, is hosting a FREE Policy Advocacy Workshop. The workshop will … Read more
Many challenges, especially related to weight loss, are made easier with support from friends and family. Researchers at the UNC Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention are testing to see whether a PAL can help diabetes patients lose weight … Read more
CHAPEL HILL, NC–NC Prevention Partners (NCPP), in partnership with the UNC Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, has received a one-year grant from the national Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to build on the success of NCPP’s … Read more
Bans on using credit cards to pay for cigarettes bought on Internet sites – combined with bans on commercial shippers delivering the products – appear to have effectively reduced the size and reach of the online cigarette sales industry, a … Read more
A team of students from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is hoping to ride their Little Red Wagon to victory in a competition for the best new ideas in tackling public health problems. As part of a … Read more
North Carolina has been selected as one of 10 states to pilot FoodCorps, a new national AmeriCorps school garden and Farm-to-School service program that aims to serve vulnerable children by improving access to healthy, affordable food. Alice Ammerman, DrPH, professor … Read more
The phrase “eating your words” took on a new meaning when the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health department of nutrition hosted a group of prospective graduate school students as part of an early December interview dinner at Vimala’s … Read more
Race remains an important indicator of success in US society. When other factors that are cited as the probable reasons for health or social problems (e.g., income, education, parent involvement, access to health insurance) are controlled for in statistical analyses, … Read more
