Press Release on health-related topics.
October 28, 2017
by Jayne O’Donnell
USA Today
Helping people find work, getting them into counseling and dealing with their other “social determinants of health” were part of the “cutting edge public health” Adams practiced, says Auerbach, who now heads the non-profit Trust for America’s Health.
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October 26, 2017
by Steve Herman
Voice of America
“The problem is enormous and requires a similar investment in a comprehensive strategy that includes primary prevention,” according to Becky Salay of the Trust for America’s Health, a Washington-based public health research and advocacy group.
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October 26, 2017
by FRANCESC PEIRÓN
La Vanguardia
“Una declaració d’emergència sense nous fons significatius no pot tenir èxit”, va declarar Becky Salay, responsable en l’organització Trust for America’s Health, a l’agència AP.
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October 26, 2017
by Paige Winfield Cunningham
Washington Post
“An emergency declaration without significant new funds will likely be unsuccessful, said Becky Salay, director of government relations at Trust for America’s Health. “The problem is enormous and requires a similar investment in a comprehensive strategy that includes primary prevention.”
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October 25, 2017
by Brianna Ehly and Sarah Karlin-Smith
Politico
“We need to focus on moving upstream, we’re not just interested in making sure people have access to treatment. We need to think about what we can do to prevent people from becoming addicted in the first place,” said Trust for America’s Health’s John Auerbach.
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October 24, 2017
by Carla K. Johnson and Jill Colvin
ABC News/Associated Press
“An emergency declaration without significant new funds will likely be unsuccessful. The problem is enormous and requires a similar investment in a comprehensive strategy that includes primary prevention,” said Becky Salay, director of government relations at Trust for America’s Health, a Washington-based public health research and advocacy organization.
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October 4, 2017
WebMD
Over 50? These Problems Can Sneak Up on You.
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October 3, 2017
by Linda Fried
Los Angeles Times
Other studies also have shown that preventing illness is far less expensive than paying for treatment. Trust for America’s Health estimates that “an investment of $10 per person per year in proven community-based programs to increase physical activity, improve nutrition, and prevent smoking and other tobacco use could save the country more than $16 billion annually within five years. This is a return of $5.60 for every $1.” With ever-rising health care costs, how can we overlook such opportunities?
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September 28, 2017
by Julia Belluz
Vox
Dating apps like Tinder and Grindr have made sex more readily available — and have also made the job of public health more difficult to do, said John Auerbach, president and CEO of the public health nonprofit the Trust for America’s Health.
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September 25, 2017
by David
Public Health Newswire
The nation’s public health organizations stand in opposition to the Graham-Cassidy bill, the latest effort to overturn the Affordable Care Act, which may come to a vote in the Senate this week.
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