– “New Jersey school nurses have shown us that catalyzing changes to policies, systems, and environments can (and often do) begin with local actions,” writes NJHI Director Bob Atkins, PhD, RN, FAAN, in his latest article for the NASN School Nurse journal,…
– “Toni is a great coach because she never gives you the answers,” says Steve Jobin, President and CEO of the Raritan Bay Area YMCA in Perth Amboy, New Jersey and a member of the Healthier Perth Amboy Consortium. He’s also…
– The 102nd Annual New Jersey State League of Municipalities (NJLM) Conference opens next week in Atlantic City, and keeping with this year’s theme of “Realizing Tomorrow’s Potential,” mayors from three communities supported by the NJHI: Next Generation Community Leaders initiative will…
– By Kacy O’Brien, Director of Programming, Creative New Jersey As a partner working to impact and transform communities across the Garden State, NJHI invited Creative New Jersey to share the progress that has resulted from one of its recent Calls…
– By Elisheba Haqq-Stevens, MFA, RN Academic Coach for the New Pathways to Nursing Scholars Program at Robert Wood Johnson Barnabas Health From 2014 to 2016, the NJHI: New Paths to Professional Nursing initiative funded five partnerships between New Jersey institutions…
– As their first year of grant funding has come to an end and they really start moving to action in year two, our 10 NJHI Building a Culture of Health–Communities Moving to Action, Round 2 grantees have released their blueprints….
– Registration is now open for the Building a Culture of Health in New Jersey: A Systems Approach to Promoting Population Health one-day conference featuring New Jersey Health Initiatives’ (NJHI) panel, “Building Healthy Communities: Today’s Youth, Tomorrow’s Leaders.” The conference is…
– As with our first cohort of NJHI: Building a Culture of Health in NJ – Communities Moving to Action grantees, our 2016 grantees recently wrapped up their first grant year, reaching some major milestones – they participated in the intensive…
– “Let’s make sure we hear from every voice. We know some people have softer voices, but if we don’t hear from them, we’re missing out.” An adult coach from Trenton was overheard saying this to her youth team during New…
– A growing number of communities in New Jersey and across the nation are working with and through libraries to provide residents access to information and other health resources that improve their health and the health of their communities. To discuss…
– On October 7, Caucus: New Jersey with Steve Adubato began broadcasting its roundtable discussion of NJHI grantees working across the state to build healthier communities. NJHI: Communities Moving to Action project directors Rachel Bland of the Healthy Orange coalition, Dr….
– NJHI Director, Bob Atkins, sat down with Jill Horner on Comcast Newsmakers to discuss building a Culture of Health in New Jersey by engaging nearly 300 young people ages 14-21 as community health partners. Ten youth-serving organizations each received a…