Roundup of Advocacy Days
Interested in helping to support systems level change to prevent chronic disease? Take a look at these Albany Advocacy Days from DASH-NY members! American Heart Association Advocacy Day: Volunteers...
View ArticleGet Ready for the New DASH-NY & Our 2016 Policy Priorities
Get ready, because on February 8 Designing a Strong and Healthy New York will release it’s all new 2016 Policy Priorities! Each day we will blog about two Policy Priorities, providing background and...
View ArticleNew DASH-NY Policy Agenda Fights for Better Transportation and Healthier Food
By Kimberly Libman, PhD, MPH and Rebecca Abraham, MPH Tuesday February 2nd was an exciting, game-changing day for Designing a Strong and Healthy New York (DASH-NY). After five years of building a...
View ArticleActive Communities Workgroup Hits the Ground Running
Active Communities Workgroup Hits the Ground Running Members of DASH’s Active Communities Workgroup have been hard at work identifying policies and legislation that will make it easier for New Yorkers...
View ArticleAddressing Nutrition & PE in Schools and Childcare
Healthy Schools and Childcare Children spend a large portion of their days in school or childcare. As a result, the food they eat and the amount of physical activity they engage in affects their...
View ArticleSystems for Sustainable, Healthy Food
Food Policy The DASH-NY Food Policy Workgroup includes supermarkets, farmers, hunger groups, and obesity prevention programs. This year, the group prioritized funding for school lunches and access to...
View ArticleFocusing on Upstream Economic Approaches to Health
Economic and Community Development Workgroup Policy Priorities As New York State engages in strategic plans to boost the economy, there are multiple opportunities to also address the consideration of...
View ArticleACTION ALERT: Tell Legislators to Support Farm to School in New York State
It’s time to urge New York State legislators to support Farm to School in the 2016-2017 Budget Proposals! The New York School Nutrition Association, the association of school food service...
View ArticleNew Toolkit From the Advancing Prevention Project Addresses Public Health...
By Michele Calvo and Chideraa Ukeje Health care reform, while on the whole improving people’s lives, is not without its challenges. Through our work with the Advancing Prevention Project (APP), we...
View ArticleFive Years is Long Enough
By Rebecca Abraham It’s time to fund the Complete Streets law! In the recently-released New York State Assembly and Senate one-house budgets, the Assembly included $20 million in dedicated funding to...
View ArticleInnovation in Medicare Reimbursements Could Signify Move Towards Prioritizing...
By Steven Chan Recently, the Department of Health and Human Services announced a game-changing innovation in Medicare policy, reimbursing a prevention program. The Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP),...
View ArticleState Budget Supports Key DASH-NY Policy Push
By Rebecca Abraham, Policy Associate Designing a Strong and Healthy New York State’s (DASH-NY) first policy agenda led to big wins in Albany this year. Governor Cuomo’s new budget now includes the...
View ArticleHHS releases guidance on how to request funds for syringe support services
By Michele Calvo, Policy Associate A recent public health victory has gone quietly unnoticed: the 2016 federal budget agreement revised the ban on the use of federal funds for syringe support services....
View ArticleGuest Post: House Child Nutrition Bill Could Increase Food Insecurity in New...
Guest Post: Jessica Pino-Goodspeed, Hunger Solutions New York More than 930,000 children in New York State live with food insecurity. That’s nearly one million kids who go to bed hungry, who go to...
View ArticleWebinar: Creating New Opportunities for Active Communities: Shared-Use &...
When: Thursday May 26th, 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm After major wins in the New York State budget, DASH-NY has new opportunities for our policy priorities, including expanding access to indoor and outdoor...
View ArticleWhat’s Your Ultimate Biking Fantasy?
From the Urban Health Matters Blog by Sheree Crute The New York Academy of Medicine and Bicycle Utopia asked the students at the Dream Charter School in East Harlem, NY, that question at a June event...
View ArticleCities Continue to Take On Sugar Sweetened Beverages
Efforts to promote health and prevent childhood obesity in Stockton, CA, were rewarded this week as city officials unanimously passed an ordinance to replace all default drink options in children’s...
View ArticleShare Your Thoughts on Sodium Reduction
Since it is processed and prepared foods, not the salt shaker, that contribute 75 percent of Americans salt intake, the Food and Drug Administration is asking for the help of the food industry and...
View ArticleHealthy Eating is About Economics For Many
Fighting to put a meal on the table is increasingly common for people all over America, especially in urban areas where high prices and poor access to certain resources often limits food choices. More...
View ArticleGuest Post: Why Transportation is a Public Health Issue
BY SAM SHWARTZ ||| About 6 or 7 years ago I attended a meeting of the transportation committee of Chicago’s Metropolitan Planning Council. The co-chair, to my surprise, was a medical doctor-...
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