Dr. Richard Jackson of Designing Healthy Communities wrote a letter to the Mayor and city council of Beverly Hills regarding the importance of incorporating safe bicycle routes into the reconstruction of Santa Monica Boulevard to help promote and encourage safe cycling as a means of transportation for Angelenos. Related Topics or Episodes:No Related Posts
The Designing Healthy Communities Project produced its first Town Hall Meeting at WNET/Studios on April 30, 2013 for broadcast on three PBS tri-state stations in May. This first major community engagement activity is derived from its four-hour public television series, Designing Healthy Communities, which is now being distributed to stations nationally. The series, Designing Healthy Communities, examines the connection between poor community design and burgeoning health costs based upon key public health indices: obesity, diabetes, heart, asthma, cancer and depression, a concept first researched by Dr. Richard […]
Designing Healthy Communities: A NYC Town Hall Meeting is now available for purchase in our shop! Related Topics or Episodes:Learn more about Designing Healthy Communities: A NYC Town Hall MeetingDesigning Healthy Communities promotional videoEpisode 1: Retrofitting Suburbia Episode 2: Rebuilding Places of the HeartEpisode 3: Social Policy in ConcreteEpisode 4: Searching for Shangri LaDesigning Healthy Communities – Companion Book
Highlights from Designing Healthy Communities: A Town Hall Meeting with host Mike Schneider Highlights from DHC: A NYC Town Hall Meeting Video Related Topics or Episodes:*New* For Purchase! Designing Healthy Communities: A NYC Town Hall MeetingDHC: A NYC Town Hall Meeting Promo VideoDesigning Healthy Communities: A NYC Town Hall MeetingDesigning Healthy Communities promotional videoEpisode 1: Retrofitting Suburbia Episode 2: Rebuilding Places of the HeartEpisode 3: Social Policy in Concrete
Watch the promotional video here! The Designing Healthy Communities Project produced its first Town Hall Meeting at WNETStudios on April 30, 2013 for broadcast on three PBS tri-state stations in May 2013. This first major community engagement activity is derived from its four-hour public television series, Designing Healthy Communities, which is now being distributed to stations nationally. Read the DHC Press Release April 26, 2013 here. For more information or to learn how you can schedule a Town Hall Meeting in your community, please visit this page. Related Topics […]
Station Listings for Designing Healthy Communities Currently Scheduled Broadcasts If you don’t see your city listed, contact your PBS station immediately and ask them to schedule Designing Healthy Communities. As always, check local listings as station schedules may change. THIRTEEN Episode 1: Saturday May 4 at 1:00 PM Episode 2: Saturday May 11 at 1:00 PM Episode 3: Saturday May 18 at 1:00 PM and 2:00 PM Episode 4 with the 2 hour Town Hall: Saturday May 25 at 1:00PM NJTV Episode 1: Sunday […]
The Designing Healthy Communities Project produced its first Town Hall Meeting at WNET Studios on April 30, 2013 for broadcast on three PBS tri-state stations in May. MPC will be producing its first major community engagement activity, a town hall meeting, derived from its four-hour public television series, Designing Healthy Communities, now being distributed on stations nationally. Read the DHC Press Release April 26, 2013 here. Also check out the broadcast times here for Designing Healthy Communities and the 2-hour Town Hall Meeting in New York Tri-State Region in May. Related Topics […]
This past October Dr. Richard Jackson visited KDKA-TV in Pittsburgh to spread the news about the importance of improving our nation’s health by re-designing and restoring our built environment. Check out the video here! Related Topics or Episodes:Designing Healthy Communities promotional videoEpisode 1: Retrofitting Suburbia Episode 2: Rebuilding Places of the HeartEpisode 3: Social Policy in ConcreteEpisode 4: Searching for Shangri LaDesigning Healthy Communities – Companion BookDesigning Healthy Communities Complete DVD Series
September 21, 2012– Founded on the principle that we must “prevent what we cannot cure,” PSR-LA is committed to reducing threats to public health related to nuclear and environmental toxins. The Los Angeles chapter is the largest in the nation and has played a leading role in national, state, and local education and policy efforts. PSR-LA is needed now more than ever. As physicians and health care professionals, they address society’s root causes of illness and injury. Funds raised from […]
September 13, 2012– Dr. Richard Jackson, a pediatrician and public health physician, is a recipient of one of the five prestigious Heinz Awards. Established by Teresa Heinz in 1993 to honor the memory of her late husband, U.S. Senator John Heinz, the Awards celebrate the accomplishments and spirit of the Senator by recognizing the extraordinary achievements of individuals in the areas of greatest importance to him. The Heinz Awards, administered by the Heinz Family Foundation, recognize outstanding individuals for their […]
Announced today, Dr. Richard Jackson, a pediatrician and public health physician, is a recipient of one of the five prestigious Heinz Awards. Related Topics or Episodes:No Related Posts
Dr. Richard Jackson, Host of MPC’s Designing Healthy Communities, and Rishi Manchanda, recently wrote an Op/Ed piece featured in StreetsBlog.org. The article “Touchdown Pass or Lost Yardage– What Will It Be AEG?” introduces the negative impacts of the proposed football stadium and new Convention Center in downtown Los Angeles by Anshutz Entertainment Group (AEG). A Health Impact Assessment (HIA) found that the new structure, Farmers’ Field, will produce harmful consequences, and not only that, but AEG doesn’t have provide any […]
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