Center for Healthy Communities

Wright State University Center for Healthy Communities to offer seminar on infant mortality in Ohio

In 2011, 1,088 Ohio infants died before their first birthday. Ohio’s 2010 infant mortality rate was 7.7 per 1,000 live births… Continue reading

Wright State University Center for Healthy Communities offers seminar on ethical dilemmas for health, social services professionals

Health care and social service providers work to promote the well-being of their clients. But sometimes they face ethical dilemmas. Continue reading

Health officials from the Middle East to visit

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Physicians, nurses and health ministry officials from Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates will visit Wright State and the Dayton area… Continue reading

Wright State Center for Healthy Communities offers seminar for health professionals addressing the needs of returning veterans

When veterans return home from the battlefield, they sometimes experience post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), substance abuse, depression… Continue reading

Center for Healthy Communities announces 2012 Health Promotion Program Award recipients

Montgomery County Care and Five Rivers Health Centers were selected in the established program and new program categories respectively. Continue reading

Make a difference in your community as a Community Health Advocate

WSU Boonshoft School of Medicine’s Center for Healthy Communities to offer free classes in Community Health Advocacy this fall

The Center for Healthy Communities at Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine is offering classes on “Introduction to Community Health Advocacy,” Tuesdays and Thursdays, Oct. 4 through Nov. 10, from 3 to 5 p.m. The free classes will be … Continue reading

Preventing violence to improve women’s health workshop slated for September 30

Co-sponsored by Boonshoft School of Medicine’s Center for Healthy Communities, the workshop will educate professionals and the general public about violence against women

What is the impact of violence on women’s health? How do you know it’s abuse? How can you help? These questions and more will be explored during… Continue reading