Tagged With "Driving Systems Change Forward"
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National Nutrition Month and Extension's Diabetes Prevention Toolkit
This March , we are showing support for National Nutrition Month by highlighting Extension projects that conduct research and programming on nutrition-related topics to aid in the prevention and treatment of disease, such as the Diabetes Prevention Toolkit: A template for better health project. According to the CDC, diabetes affects 1 in 10 Americans and is the seventh leading cause of premature death in the US. In response to this growing public health crisis, an Extension team, funded by...
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Opportunities for EXCITE Teams to Share your Great Work
We are sharing different ways in which EXCITE and other health and wellness projects can share their great efforts with both internal and external audiences! This will help foster best practices, create and build partnerships, and spread the work of Extension. We encourage teams to explore different platforms and audiences to share their projects and further the mission of Extension becoming a trusted partner in public health. Internal Extension-focused opportunities: Consider writing a post...
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Position Announcements - University of Kentucky
The University of Kentucky is pleased to announce two new health-focused faculty positions with significant Extension responsibility. The first is an Assistant/Associate Extension Professor in Community and Family Health. Visit https://ukjobs.uky.edu/postings/458642 . The second is an Assistant Clinical Professor in Mental Health and Well-Being. See ttps://ukjobs.uky.edu/postings/458638 . The review of applications will begin on May 1, 2023 with an anticipated start date of September 1, 2023.
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Re: Cooperative Extension: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Excellent synopsis of our current situation and suggestions for moving forward - thank you! This is right in line with the conversations my teams are engaged in as we consider our approach to systems level change.
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Kolia Souza
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University of Florida Advances Health Equity
Cooperative Extension is uniquely positioned to be a key leader in advancing community-based initiatives aimed at tackling health inequities in underserved communities. In 2021, the Extension Committee on Operations and Policy (ECOP) adopted Cooperative Extension’s National Framework for Health Equity & Well-being (Framework) that articulates a vision for this work. Advancing health equity as a core system value across the Extension system is the first of five key recommendations. A case...
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Re: University of Florida Advances Health Equity
Why does ECOP place promoting health equity as a core value of the Agricultural Extension system as the first of its five key recommendations? hill climb racing
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Ashley Foster
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Re: Cooperative Extension and Public Health – Input Requested
@Brad Gaolach , Yes, very much so. My email address is kerry.gabbert@mail.wvu.edu . Looking forward to hearing from you.
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JHSE Special Issue Call for Abstracts due April 5
The Journal of Human Sciences and Extension is soliciting articles for a summer 2025 special issue: Aging in America. The aim of this special issue is to provide human scientists and Extension professionals with research, new or emerging initiatives, creative critical thinking, and innovative practices that will propel aging-related work within a next-generation Cooperative Extension System. Format-free manuscripts are welcome.
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Interested in partnering with cities?
The National Urban Research & Extension Center (NUREC) invites you to participate in this Request for Expressions of Interest (RFEI) to determine where there are opportunities for partnership and collaboration amongst research and Extension and the National League of Cities.
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REMINDER! JHSE Special Issue Call for Abstracts due April 5
Reminder! Brief, 250 word abstracts are due April 5th for the Journal of Human Science and Extension's Special Issue: Aging in America.
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We Want to Hear From You: National Extension Needs Assessment
The North Central Region Aging Network is requesting ALL Extension educators, specialists, and administrators complete a short survey. Twenty participants will win a $50 gift card!
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Hold the Dates - NHOC 2025
The 2025 National Health Outreach and Engagement Conference will be be held April 29 - May 1, 2025 in Omaha, NE. We are looking forward to seeing you there!
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Global Food System and Health
A recent report by the World Economic Forum concluded that the global food system no longer meets the health needs of the planet and offers rationale for the claim. "The world’s food needs are changing. After the Second World War, the global food system was focused on providing cheap, high-calorie food to feed a growing population. But, today, conditions related to excess body weight kill more people in the Western world than hunger." They estimate that the cost of poor nutrition is more...
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New Resource on Culinary Medicine from the University of Arizona
While the the idea that healthy eating can play a significant role in treating and preventing chronic disease is not a new one, only recently has it become more widely appreciated across the health care system. Much of this greater appreciation can likely be attributed to the popularization of "food is medicine" approach as described by institutions such as Tufts University and others. Additionally, a food is medicine pyramid visually depicts the role that food can play across a continuum...