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public health
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Marketing / CommunicationsArticleOver 5 years old
Food Safety Group Tries Fresh Approach With Recipe Style Guide
The Partnership for Food Safety Education took inspiration from the Associated Press Stylebook in creating its just-released style…
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Marketing / CommunicationsArticleOver 5 years old
Lung Association Draws True-Crime Inspiration Into New Campaign
Lock Up Lung Cancer, a new campaign launched by the American Lung Association’s women-focused Lung Force initiative, gave…
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Career DevelopmentArticleOver 5 years old
Statistical Association Digs Into Data for Public Health Competition
The contest, focused on the opioid crisis, aims to encourage students to take a deeper dive into the…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Hurricane Florence Sheds Light on Pharmacists’ Work and Role in Public Health
What does a pharmacist do? During American Pharmacists Month, the American Pharmacists Association wants to highlight the industry’s…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Groups Speak Up on New Senate Opioid Bill
The Senate passed the Opioid Crisis Response Act this week, drawing a variety of responses from groups inside…
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Organizational StrategyArticleOver 5 years old
Hospital Association Aims to Use Big Data to Spot Bigger Trends
The New Jersey Hospital Association is launching a new program, CHART, to utilize big data in hopes of…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
American Heart Association: Cut Back on Kids’ Screen Time
The association recommends only one to two hours of screen time per day for children and teenagers, a…
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Marketing / CommunicationsArticleOver 5 years old
Why the American Lung Association Spoke Out Against a Stamp Series
The association, which heavily relies on direct mail campaigns, argued against the U.S. Postal Service’s release of its…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Medical Association Makes Fresh Call for Action on Gun Violence
The American Medical Association House of Delegates, meeting this week, voted to support a broad array of “common-sense”…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Heart Association’s New Accelerator Puts Focus on Community Health
Concerned about the greatly differing health outcomes for people who live even short distances away from one another,…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Long-Delayed Menu-Labeling Rules About to Take Effect
The Obama-era rules requiring restaurants to list calorie counts for different food items are likely to go through,…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Pediatrics Group Launches Gun Violence Research Initiative
The American Academy of Pediatrics announced it would fund new research into how gun violence affects children, a…
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Marketing / CommunicationsArticleOver 5 years old
A Look Inside an Effective Consumer-Focused PR Campaign
In June 2016, the American Physical Therapy Association launched #ChoosePT, a broad, integrated, multi-phased campaign to educate consumers…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Lung Association Takes Broader View With Latest Report
The American Lung Association’s inaugural “State of Lung Cancer” report, created as part of its LUNG FORCE initiative,…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Oklahoma Sheriffs’ Association Donates Overdose Antidote to Deputies
To help combat the opioid epidemic, the Oklahoma Sheriffs’ Association donated 1,800 doses of Narcan to deputies across…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
As Flu Season Closes Schools, Principals Group Pushes for At-Home Learning, Support Staff
While school administrators nationwide struggle with the flu season, the National Association of Secondary School Principals works alongside…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Associations: “Tide Pod Challenge” Is No Laughing Matter
Young people participating in the latest social media video challenge---in which they eat laundry detergent pods in creative…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Drip Dangers: Associations Sound Alarm About IV Bag Shortage
Associations are continuing to raise concerns about a shortage of IV bags filled with saline or nutrients—along with…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Kentucky Alcohol Groups: We’ll Pay for the Designated Driver This Holiday Season
Groups representing Kentucky distillers, brewers, and wholesalers are funding more than $10,000 in free rides for Kentucky residents…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Science, Medical Groups Criticize “Banned Words” in Federal Budget Documents
While government officials downplayed the impact of a list of banned words received by the Centers for Disease…
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Marketing / CommunicationsArticleOver 5 years old
Healthcare Provider Groups Collaborate to Protect Seniors Against Flu
To protect seniors against the flu, a collection of healthcare provider groups and a vaccination supplier joined together…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Initiative Asks Americans to Check Emergency Stocks as They Set Clocks Back
As Americans set their clocks back this weekend, the American Public Health Association reminds them to also create…
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LearningArticleOver 5 years old
Public Library Association Launches Program to Deliver Health Info
The new partnership with the National Network of Libraries of Medicine is designed to train librarians to better…
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Marketing / CommunicationsArticleOver 5 years old
After Funding Cuts, Groups Step Up to Help With Obamacare Open Enrollment
The Affordable Care Act’s open enrollment period, starting Wednesday, comes with new budgetary challenges for “navigator” groups meant…
