FPHI In the News
The Latino Migrant Worker HIV Prevention Program
Source:
Family & Community/Health Journal of Health Promotion and Maintenance
Date:
June 3, 2012
Local Health Clinics Desperate for Financial Savior
Source:
The Palm Beach Post
Date:
February 21, 2011
Palm Beach County health leaders are searching for a white knight after Gov. Rick Scott zeroed out clinic care from his proposed budget for the Florida Department of Health.
Strengthening the Role of Public Health: Institutes in a New Public Health System
Source:
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Date:
September 23, 2010
For decades, public health institutes have been contributing to the development and delivery of critical programs and services, research and evaluation, and policies to protect and improve people’s health. Across the country, they work with state and local government and community stakeholders to address the many factors—such as clean water and air, safe walking routes, and protection from health threats—that affect people’s ability to lead healthy lives.
In his role as director of public health for the Orange County Health Department, Dr. Kevin Sherin, a former myregion.org board member and immediate past president of the American Association of Public Health Physicians, shared with a global audience the critical importance of the regional collaboration promoted by myregion.org in successfully addressing local issues related to climate change adaptation.
Palm Beach County residents can get a head start on helping their health, by scheduling an appointment at the new Community Health Center, which opened its doors in the Village of Palm Springs.
Knight Grant helps Community Foundation to Create a Connected Palm Beach County
Source:
Knight Foundation
Date:
February 9, 2009
The Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin Counties announced today that it will use a civic initiatives leadership grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation to launch an ambitious project with the potential to connect Palm Beach County through extraordinary civic engagement and the power of web 2.0 tools.
Dr. Claude Earl Fox, who runs a health policy institute here and served as a top official in the Clinton administration, is one of 350 people working since late November on President-elect Obama's transition team.
