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NIH: Community Programs to Reduce Childhood Obesity
The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, (NHLBI), a branch of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has issued a request for information about studying community programs to reduce childhood obesity. According to the request, NHLBI plans to conduct “an evaluation study of communities that will examine outcomes associated with community programs to reduce childhood [...]
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The next HEAT meeting will take place on Tuesday, April 21, 6:00 – 8:00 p.m., at Tallahassee Memorial Hospital, Conference Room A (enter through cafeteria). We will focus on funding proposals to support partnership development and to conduct community engagement workshops on obesity and the food environment. Lasagna dinners will be available from TMH catering [...]
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- The companion website to the PBS documentary, Unnatural Causes: Is Inequality Making Us Sick?, has many wonderful resources for promoting health equity at a community level.
Welcome to Health Equity Alliance of Tallahassee
The Health Equity Alliance of Tallahassee (HEAT) is a community-academic partnership for health equity in Tallahassee, FL. We envision equal health for all. Our mission is to bridge the gap between research and action to explain and eliminate the causes of social inequalities in health.
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