Grants Available in Clarksville Area: Given the importance of tobacco use as an influence on the health of communities and given the fact that we have not received any requests for funding in the area of curtailing or preventing tobacco use, the Clarksville-Montgomery County Community Health Foundation is making funding available for projects aimed at controlling the… Read More…»
CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. – Montgomery County Public Health Director Joey Smith (’99) was recently honored as one of the leaders in his field in the United States, and Austin Peay State University is proud to welcome Smith to campus as he discusses his successes and what he sees in the future of public health. Smith’s discussion… Read More…»
The Clarksville-Montgomery County Community Health Foundation – a public advocacy board entrusted with disbursing public assets flowing from Clarksville Volunteer Health Inc. – approved almost $469,000 in grants this week, including $127,800 for the organization’s first-ever Fort Campbell grant recipient. Clarksville Volunteer Health is the 20 percent minority joint-venture partner in Gateway Medical Center, and… Read More…»
CA students come up with creative fitness ideas CLARKSVILLE, TENN. — The Clarksville-Montgomery County Community Health Foundation – a public advocacy board entrusted with disbursing public assets flowing from Clarksville Volunteer Health Inc. – approved almost $792,000 in grants Wednesday, including $118,530 for a proposal conceived by a group of Clarksville Academy students to institute a… Read More…»
Source: Clarksville Now ClarksvilleNow.com Reporting news@clarksvillenow.com WASHINGTON, D.C. – In a new survey conducted by Gallup, the city of Clarksville, TN ranks number eight on the top 10 most obese communities in the U.S. Gallup and Healthways surveyed 189 metro areas around the country, and the obesity rate was above 15 percent for all but… Read More…»
Source: Philanthropy News Digest While Americans overall are living longer and healthier lives, large gaps remain between the healthiest and least healthy counties, a study by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute finds. Now in its fifth edition, the 2014 County Health Rankings & Roadmaps ranked counties by… Read More…»
Tennessee now has a comprehensive, statewide nutrition and physical activity plan: Eat Well, Play More Tennessee. This five-year plan provides a comprehensive roadmap to reduce obesity and chronic disease in Tennessee by 2015. The primary focus of Eat Well, Play More Tennessee is to create policy and environmental changes in the places where people live,… Read More…»
Summer is a favorite time of year, but recent reports from outdoor festivals remind us to take care: the summer sun can burn, heat dehydrates and high humidity impairs the body’s ability to keep cool. Sunscreen should be applied 30 minutes before going out and should be reapplied. Hats are protective. The U.S. Centers for… Read More…»
County-by-county health rankings were announced this week (February 17, 2010) allowing those of us in Montgomery County to compare ourselves to others across the state. Montgomery County ranked well: 10th of the 95 counties in terms of health outcomes – things like premature death, reported health and low birth weight of infants. Unfortunately, when looking… Read More…»
Holiday: A day free from work that one may spend at leisure, especially … to commemorate or celebrate a particular event (Online Free Dictionary). Sure, our holidays are all of that, but they can be a source of stress as well. Since we don’t want to avoid holidays, our best bet is to manage our… Read More…»