With support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Culture of Health Leaders program, EAC staff are working to develop a set of health inequity indicators for New Jersey. The focus of this project is on examining “upstream” or social determinants of health. The EAC team developed a screening approach to better understand disproportionate environmental burden […]
2019, Culture of Health Leaders, Greenberg, health, health inequities, Herb, indicators, RWJF, Whytlaw
With support from the County Health Rankings and Roadmaps, a program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation hosted by the University of Wisconsin, EAC staff Jeanne Herb, Dr. Jennifer Whytlaw and Dr. Karen Lowrie examined strategies to add additional indicators regarding the environment and climate change to the county Health Rankings and Roadmaps platform. Read […]
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In the Fall of 2018, EAC’s Dr. Karen Lowrie is leading a class of MCRP students in a studio class that focuses on Farley Towers, a senior living facility managed by the City of Elizabeth Housing Authority. Students will examine the opportunities to improve and expand outdoor areas to accommodate passive and active recreation for […]
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Dr. Jennifer Whytlaw will be presenting a poster in the inaugural year for a new Geohealth track at the American Geophysical Union’s Fall Meeting (December 10-14). She will be presenting EAC’s work on examining data on environmental factors to inform community-based efforts to address “upstream” determinants of health through the use of existing authoritative data, […]
AGU, CDC, EJScreen, EPA, health, poster, WhytlawBuilding a Culture of Health in the City of New Brunswick: Promoting Good Health and Well-being for All Residents through Equitable Access and Education. Prepared by the Healthier New Brunswick Planning Workgroup. June 2016
2016, health, Herb, New BrunswickBuilding Bridges to Better Health: A Blueprint for Action in Bound Brook and South Bound Brook. Prepared for Healthier Somerset. May 2017.
2017, blueprint, Bound Brook, health, Herb, South Bound Brook
EAC’s Jennifer Whytlaw, Jeanne Herb, Dr. Karen Lowrie and Dr. Michael Greenberg win grant from the County Health Rankings and Roadmaps. Principal Investigators Jennifer Whytlaw and Jeanne Herb and partners, Dr. Karen Lowrie and Dr. Michael Greenberg, were one of four teams across the country to win a grant award from the County Health Rankings […]
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