The following post is related to the Center’s work on a Health Impact Assessment of a proposed biomass-powered energy facility in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. The facility was proposed as a potential remedy to the issue of nutrient concentration related to trends in livestock production. Each post in the series describes one particular aspect…
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The following post is related to the Center’s work on a Health Impact Assessment of a proposed biomass-powered energy facility in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. The facility was proposed as a potential remedy to the issue of nutrient concentration related to trends in livestock production. Each post in the series describes one particular aspect…
Since the beginning of the Great Recession in 2008, enrollment in higher education has steadily increased. In general, as more people find themselves out of work, going back to school to advance their education becomes an increasingly attractive option. Simultaneously, state governments facing budget deficits are having to make difficult cuts, including to the contribution…
The following post is related the Center’s work on a Health Impact Assessment of a proposed biomass-powered energy facility in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. The facility was proposed as a potential remedy to the issue of nutrient concentration related to trends in livestock production. Each post in the series describes one particular aspect of…
The following post is related the Center’s work on a Health Impact Assessment of a proposed biomass-powered energy facility in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. The facility was proposed as a potential remedy to the issue of nutrient concentration related to trends in livestock production. Each post in the series describes one particular aspect of…
Funded by a grant from the National Institutes of Health, Engaging Richmond is a community-university partnership that was formed to identify social factors that influence the health of residents living in Richmond’s East End. Based on focus group information gathered from approximately 195 participants, including men, women, parents, caregivers, elderly, homeless, employed and unemployed, many…
CHN’s research is focused on how our health and longevity are affected by the characteristics of society; where we live, work, and play; how we interact with each other and with aspects of daily living—a concept collectively referred to as the social determinants of health. This effort builds on vast research that suggests characteristics of…
The Center has released the results of the Health Impact Assessment on the proposed poultry litter-to-energy facility in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia today. Our website has details on our analysis and the full report can be downloaded from there as well. Visits us at go.vcu.edu/hiapoultrylittertoenergy. Check our blog page for further details about our…
VCU professor chairs National Research Council and Institute of Medicine panel On average, Americans die sooner and experience higher rates of disease and injury than people in other high-income countries, says a new report from the National Research Council and Institute of Medicine. The report finds that this health disadvantage exists at all ages from…
The work of four separate projects conducted by CHN was presented at the annual conference of the American Public Health Association.