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February 23, 2013
Darrin Anderson, PhD, New Jersey Partnership for Healthy Kids’ (NJPHK) deputy director, Fatimah Williams Castro, PhD, program manager for NJPHK-New Brunswick and several others, represented the Partnership at the annual NJ Bike & Walk Summit. The event was sponsored by the New Jersey Bike & Walk Coalition (NJBWC) and held February 23 in New Brunswick, in collaboration with the Alan M. Voorhees Transportation Center. The NJBWC is a state-wide advocacy group that promotes safe and accessible opportunities for bicyclists and walkers, who face an increasing threat from distracted drivers, as well as a shortage of streets that are adequately designed or signed for biking and walking. The Summit’s more than 20 panel sessions covered a myriad of issues focused on making New Jersey’s roadways safe for cyclists, pedestrians and all users – a goal that meshes well with the Partnership’s aim of improving the built environment in communities across the […]
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February 21, 2013
Dr. Fatimah Williams Castro received a Johnson & Johnson Community Service Achievement Award during the 35th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Observance. Held on February 21 at the company’s New Brunswick headquarters, the event was hosted by J&J’s “Helping Our Neighbors with Our Resources (H.O.N.O.R.) Employee Resource Group. Nearly 300 employees, residents and local community partners attended the event and enjoyed special presentations, entertainment and refreshments. The Community Service Achievement Award was presented by J&J’s Director of Corporate Contributions Bonnie Petrauskas who also serves on the steering committee for the New Jersey Partnership for Healthy Kids-New Brunswick (NJPHK) and is a member of the NJPHK State Advisory Council. The award recognized Williams Castro’s commitment and leadership in bringing together New Brunswick community leaders to focus on childhood obesity prevention. Through Williams Castro’s leadership, NJPHK-New Brunswick and its partners worked together to expand the Greater Brunswick Charter School’s breakfast […]
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February 20, 2013
NJPHK-Newark is supporting Newark health care providers as they introduce “Let’s Move! in the Clinic,” a healthy lifestyle toolkit designed to help health care providers talk with patients and families about setting small, achievable nutrition and physical activity goals. Five health care providers have signed on to introduce the toolkit. On February 20, 13 participants attended the Let’s Move! in the Clinic training, which was sponsored by the New Jersey Pediatric Council on Research and Education (NJPCORE) through the American Academy of Pediatrics,. The training session was lead by Dr. Nwando Anyaoku, NKPHK-Newark co-director and director of General Pediatrics at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center. The peer-to-peer training provided a discussion forum for physicians and medical staff to learn and share ideas. Participants discussed the importance of education to invoke behavior change, the link between breastfeeding and obesity prevention, and how well visits become opportunities to discuss body mass index […]
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January 31, 2013
Growing up in Detroit, Courtney Price saw the impact poor healthcare can have on children’s lives. She decided at an early age that she wanted to “do something” to help children and their families get the health resources and services they need. “I wanted children to see that someone who looks like them was there to help them,” Price says. After graduating from Howard University, she worked for a clinical research organization to learn the fundamentals of conducting research. She then applied to graduate school at the University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey to pursue a master’s degree in public health. That brought her to Newark. Attending graduate school in the evening, Price first worked for Head Start as a health manager, responsible for ensuring children were receiving the proper immunizations, physicals, and oral screenings. She also provided support to pre-natal mothers and their families. She joined NJPHK-Newark […]
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January 28, 2013
During the 2011 school year, Forest Hill Elementary School offered hot breakfast in the school cafeteria, but only 43 percent of the students were eating it. School principal Gail Witherspoon was not satisfied with that percentage. She understood the importance of breakfast to student learning. She also knew that many children at this pre-K through grade 5 school were not skipping breakfast because they had eaten it at home. Instead, they bypassed the cafeteria because it was tough to get to school early enough to eat before class. Breakfast in the Classroom seemed to be the logical solution to ensure students started the day nutritionally prepared. But the challenge became “how to make it happen?” She turned to NJPHK-Camden for help…and she got the support she needed. Valeria Galarza, NJPHK-Camden Project Manager teamed with Yemele Ayala, community partnership director for the Camden City Public Schools and ARAMARK, the food service […]
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January 28, 2013
The entire city of New Brunswick is celebrating the opening of The Fresh Grocer, the long-anticipated, first full-service supermarket in New Brunswick in more than 20 years. Yet no organization is likely to be as energized by this monumental milestone as NJPHK-New Brunswick’s Community Partner, the New Brunswick Community Food Alliance (NBCFA), because of the important role the supermarket will play in supporting NBCFA’s mission. NBCFA, officially recognized by the New Brunswick City Council just a year ago, works as a food policy council, and is comprised of a dynamic alliance of city residents, college students, community leaders, and local government working to build a sustainable and just food system in New Brunswick, ensuring that all residents have permanent access to nutritious, safe, affordable, and culturally appropriate food. The opening of the 50,000 square-foot supermarket from The Fresh Grocer, a company that develops new stores in communities lacking availability of […]
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January 28, 2013
Originally published in The Daily Journal Traffic heads west on Wood Street near Vineland City Hall, where a bike lane will be established. / Staff photo/Cody Glenn The city plans to paint bicycle lanes on two streets beginning this spring. The bicycle lanes will be painted on Wood Street and Elmer Street — each a one way street, said Brian Myers, the city engineer. “The project will probably be coming in the spring,” Myers said. Officials were finalizing the plans earlier this month. The cost of the project is not yet known. The bike route would be a first for the city and would allow bicyclers their own lane in which to ride, Myers said. The lanes would be established on Wood and Elmer streets between West Avenue and East Avenue. Parking would still be maintained on both sides of the street, Myers said. Emma Lopez, the health educator with […]
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January 25, 2013
Originally published in heraldonline.com Several individuals and organizations were honored today at the 94th Annual Meeting of the New Jersey Hospital Association (NJHA) at the Hyatt Regency Princeton. NJHA Healthcare Leader Awards The 2013 Distinguished Service Award was presented to Chester B. Kaletkowski of Mullica Hill, president and CEO of South Jersey Healthcare in Vineland. Kaletkowski was honored for his more than 30 years of service, leadership and commitment. Among his many accomplishments, Kaletkowski is credited with bringing together a group of community hospitals in Cumberland and Salem counties to form the South Jersey Healthcare system. Read more SHARE:
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January 23, 2013
Originally published on ShapingNJ Community Pilots ShapingNJ is excited to announce the selection of our 2013 community pilot sites. Through the Office of Nutrition and Fitness in the NJ Department of Health and the NJ Council on Physical Fitness and Sports, 18 community coalitions – spearheaded by local health departments, YMCAs and other community-based organizations – are being awarded funds to work towards making the healthy choice, the easy choice in their own communities. We are looking forward to working with each of these communities as they implement policy and environmental changes and strive to reduce obesity: Atlantic City/Egg Harbor Bergen County Technical School Bloomfield Camden CentraState East Orange Elizabeth Garfield Irvington Monmouth County Morris County Parks New Brunswick/East Brunswick Newark Perth Amboy Plainfield Prodigal Sons and Daughters (Newark) Trenton Vineland SHARE:
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January 15, 2013
Press Release: Advocates for Children of New Jersey New Jersey was one of just 10 states to achieve a double-digit increase in the number of children receiving a healthy breakfast at school, according to a national report released today. While the state still ranks a concerning 46th nationally, New Jersey school districts are finally making progress toward ensuring more children receive school breakfast, which can help students succeed in school. This is being accomplished with more schools serving breakfast in the first few minutes of the school day, instead of the traditional method of serving breakfast before school when most children have not yet arrived. Known as “breakfast after the bell,” this approach significantly increases student participation. “More New Jersey children are starting their school day with the nutrition they need to concentrate and learn,” said Cecilia Zalkind, executive director of Advocates for Children of New Jersey, which co-chairs the […]
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