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Improving Health Through Prevention

Leaders from the National Prevention, Health Promotion and Public Health Council hosted a press conference yesterday to release the National Prevention Strategy, the first-ever cross-sector, integrated national strategy to improve health through prevention. The document was developed with input from wide range of federal agencies and an advisory board of stakeholder groups. It has four areas of strategic focus: health and safe community environments; clinical and community preventive services; empowered people; and elimination of health disparities.
Posted on June 17, 2011 By Virtual Vantage Points
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Expect More Health Reform Next Year

Posted by Kenneth Thorpe, Ph.D.I recently presented some thoughts on health reform at an APCO-sponsored lunch and discussion. The event got me thinking: where is this debate headed? There is no simple answer. But the one certainty is that regardless of whether Democrats send a bill to President Obama’s desk this year, there must be more [...]
Posted on March 3, 2010 By Kenneth Thorpe
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