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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Every spring for the past four years, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) in collaboration with the University of Wisconsin has released data on the health of each county in the United States. The County Health Rankings, in addition to providing data on health outcomes and behaviors, ranks each county in every state from the…
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…
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…
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…
I have recently spoken a lot with reporters in my capacity as chair of the National Research Council-Institute of Medicine panel, which in January released its recent report on the U.S. health disadvantage. The report, The U.S. Health Disadvantage in International Perspective: Shorter Lives, Poorer Health, delivered some stunning news: Americans at all ages up…
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…