Contents tagged with public health

• Get children moving, give away free helmets

  Tags: tafp, public health, advocacy, hard hats for little heads, childhood obesity, texas medical association

  Thursday, February 17, 2011 11:15:00 AM

  Get children moving, give away free helmets

  posted 02.17.11

  It’s alarming: Obesity rates among U.S. children and adolescents have tripled since 1980. Even more frightening, obese kids have an 80 … more

• Give away bike helmets to pediatric patients during Brain Injury Awareness Month in October

  Tags: news, hard hats for little heads, public health, brain, injury, awareness, texas medical association

  Tuesday, August 3, 2010 11:14:00 AM

  Give away bike helmets to pediatric patients during Brain Injury Awareness Month in October

  posted 08.03.10

  Help children in your community realize the importance of safety and exercise with a … more

• 81st Texas Legislature: The Postmortem

  Tags: advocacy, legislature, public health, managed care, budget, loan repayment

  Saturday, August 1, 2009 5:00:00 AM

  81st Texas Legislature: The Postmortem

  In what some have described as the “lost session,” family medicine emerged with a surprising list of successes

  By Jonathan Nelson

  The story of the 81st … more

• San Antonio public health advocate receives national public health award

  Tags: award, public health, realini, aafp, advocacy

  Wednesday, October 15, 2008 5:00:00 AM

  San Antonio public health advocate receives national public health award

  Janet P. Realini, M.D., M.P.H., a family physician from San Antonio, was awarded the 2008 Public Health Award by the … more

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