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A Farmers Market on the Move in North Carolina

Many people in Rowan County, N.C., don’t have access to healthy foods – so Jon Barber, a local food advocate and farmers market owner, is bringing the fruits and vegetables to them. A non-profit venture in the county trucks a mobile farmers market to food deserts, giving people who have little to no transportation options the opportunity to buy...

A Holistic Approach: Making Social Determinants a True Vital Sign

Recently, TEDMED hosted a Google Hangout to examine the impact of poverty on health—specifically how health professionals can incorporate social determinants of health into everyday clinical encounters.  To explore this issue, Philadelphia NPR Senior Health Reporter Taunya English moderated a diverse panel  of experts including Dr. Yolande Pengetnze of the Parkland Center for...

A Rankings Founder Urges Senate to Focus on Socio-Economic Factors of Health

With the County Health Rankings, you can see just how much effect socio-economic factors such as income or where you live have on your health. Today, members of a US Senate subcommittee are hearing that message from one of the founders of the Rankings, who was part of a recent article that dives deeper into the socio-economic factors of health for women.

Dr. David...

Abbeville, South Carolina

Acadia, Louisiana

Accomack, Virginia

Actionable Strategies for Communities to Build Health: The RWJF Prize Reports

We sat down with RWJF Culture of Health Prize Director Carrie Carroll and Translational Researcher Olivia Little to learn more about how the suite of RWJF Culture of Health Prize reports can be helpful to communities.

Ada, Idaho

Adair, Iowa

Adair, Kentucky