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Opportunity for Public Comment on Integrating Care for Dually Eligible Individuals
On behalf of our partner, the South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (SC DHHS), the South Carolina Institute of Medicine and Public Health (IMPH) is highlighting an opportunity for public comment on the South Carolina Dual Eligible Demonstration (SCDuE) Proposal Draft published by SC DHHS. Supported by a grant from the Centers for [...] -
A Health Impact Assessment (HIA) of a Proposed “Road Diet” and Re-Striping Project
The South Carolina Institute of Medicine and Public Health (IMPH) worked with the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) to manage a project funded by the Association of State and Territorial Health Officers (ASTHO) to support capacity building for Health Impact Assessments (HIAs) in South Carolina. -
IMPH Interns Include Fulbright Scholar and SEC Women’s Soccer Champion
South Carolina Institute of Medicine and Public Health (IMPH) public relations interns Ellen Fahey and Christina Galardi from the University of South Carolina (USC) School of Journalism and Mass Communications will graduate in May 2012 having achieved numerous awards and honors including a Fulbright scholarship and serving as co-captain of the SEC Women’s Soccer championship team. -
IMPH Hosts Health Impact Assessment (HIA) Training Sponsored by the Piedmont Health Foundation
The South Carolina Institute of Medicine and Public Health (IMPH) and the Piedmont Health Foundation convened stakeholders from Greenville area organizations on March 26, 2012 to provide training on the purpose and use of the health impact assessment (HIA) as a tool for incorporating health decisions into community decision making. -
County Health Rankings & Roadmaps are Call to Action for SC Counties
The South Carolina Institute of Medicine and Public Health (IMPH) is proud to partner with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute to promote the 2012 County Health Rankings & Roadmaps. -
IMPH Selected For National Grant to Conduct HIA in Greenville
IMPH was recently selected for one of two $20,000 grants by the National Network of Public Health Institutes (NNPHI) and the Health Impact Project to conduct the state’s first comprehensive health impact assessment (HIA). IMPH will partner with the City of Greenville to conduct an HIA on the potential effects of expansion and addition of [...] -
IMPH Joins National Sodium Reduction Initiative
The South Carolina Institute of Medicine and Public Health (IMPH) accepted an invitation to join the National Sodium Reduction Initiative (NSRI) in January 2012. As a partner, IMPH signed NSRI’s statement of support for sodium reduction as an effort to lower rates of hypertension, prevent heart attacks and strokes and save lives. The National Sodium Reduction [...] -
Oral Health 2014 Initiative
IMPH is supporting the work of the SC Rural Health Research Center to develop a statewide plan of action to implement a sustainable public health response that is integrated into primary care and dental safely net systems, and achieves significant, measurable oral health outcomes. -
Exploring Opportunities for Obesity Prevention in Early Care and Education
IMPH is convening stakeholders and performing qualitative research to identify opportunities and barriers to improving access to healthy food and opportunities for physical activity in child care centers in South Carolina. -
Sodium Intake Reduction Strategy Development
The Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention Division of the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) has partnered with IMPH to provide support for the development of a sodium intake reduction strategy in South Carolina.
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The South Carolina Institute of Medicine and Public Health (IMPH) and the Piedmont Health Foundation convened stakeholders from Greenville area organizations on March 26, 2012 to provide training on the purpose and use of the health impact assessment (HIA) as a tool for incorporating health decisions into community decision making.
