Community-Based Exercise and Weight Control Models November 21, 2017 Slides The problems associated with poor diet, physical inactivity, and obesity affect most population segments; however, there are marked disparities in the impact that these problems have on various groups of people, particularly by race/ethnicity and by education level and age are more prevalent in public […]
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Strategies for Diabetes Awareness, Prevention and Control: Focusing on Prediabetes/ Addressing Socioecological Determinants of Prediabetes and Diabetes October 24, 2017 Recording | Summary Report The world is in the midst of parallel and rapidly advancing epidemics – obesity and type 2 diabetes – that begun in the latter of the 20th century and continue to grow, […]
Opioid Crisis: Problem, Treatment and Prevention September 21, 2017 Document Opioid misuse, including the non-medical use of prescription opioids, e.g., OxyContin, Vicodin and Percocet and the use of non-pharmaceutical or illicit opioids, e.g. heroin and fentanyl, is a fast growing public health problem and primary cause of unintentional deaths nationwide. According to the Centers for […]
What is Health Data Telling you? Using HIE Data for Public Health and Health Promotion Interventions March 30, 2015 Slides | Recording Presenters: Scott Afzal, Director of Chesapeake Regional Information System for our Patients (CRISP) Andrea Bankoski, Virtual Data Unit Manager, Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene Zara Marselian, President and CEO of La Maestra Community […]