The Community Knowledge Project is an experimental practice of knowledge making that seeks a transformative connection between the people and outcomes of research-action and health programming. The CKP is a practice that explicitly addresses the systems and structures of inequality in which al...
Co-creator of the philanthropic FEED bags, Ellen Gustafson says hunger and obesity are two sides of the same coin. At TEDxEast, she launches The 30 Project -- a way to change how we farm and eat in the next 30 years, and solve the global food inequalities behind both epidemics. About Ellen Gusta...
Sharing powerful stories from his anti-obesity project in Huntington, W. Va., TED Prize winner Jamie Oliver makes the case for an all-out assault on our ignorance of food. About Jamie Oliver Chef and activist Jamie Oliver is transforming the way we feed ourselves, and our children. To learn m...
This DataSpeak webinar presents national- and state-level data on the prevalence of emotional, behavioral, and development conditions among children, and discussesthe rise in autism rates, specifically. There is information on the role that public health professionals play in helping primary care...
Please view the webstream from the October 8, 2009 Preconception Health video conference:<i>Achieving Preconception Health - Optimizing Family and Physical Environtments</i> To view the webstream <a href="mms://STREAM2.VIDEO.STATE.MN.US/MDH/MDHPRECONCEPTIONHEALTH.WMV">visit</a>.
A 7-minute video outlining the United Nations' Millennium Development Goal (MDG) campaign and steps that anyone can use to achieve these important goals.
How Racism Impacts Pregnancy Outcomes WEB-EXCLUSIVE VIDEO, Unnatural Causes UCLA obstetrician and gynecologist Dr. Michael Lu believes that for many women of color, racism over a life time, not just during the nine months of pregnancy, increases the risk of preterm delivery. To improve birth...
What is Public Health?
In 2008, India was the second populated country with an estimated population of 1.15 billion people living on 2,973,190 sq km. In other words, approximately 17% of the world's population was living on 2.4% of the landmass. Despite having one of the oldest family planning in the world, India's pop...
This publication is produced with support from the Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Health Resources and Services Administration , U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (grant number T76 MC00005-55)
