help of its 50,000 members and hundreds of organizational
partners, educates the public, policymakers, and
practitioners about the importance of public health.
health and school nutrition to emergency preparedness, public
health starts at home.
with community-wide commitment and action. Public health
helps you weather the unexpected.
nationwide priority.
nation's food safe and healthy is complex. Public health can guide
you through the choices.
generation. Best practices for community health come from
around the globe. We have a world of public health to show you.
interview, I recommend doing it again and again, uncomfortable
and counterintuitive as it may seem. It's not conversational, but
neither are media interviews. Or they shouldn't be. Particularly in
an edited television interview, only one of your answers is likely to
wind up flying through the air into peoples' homes. It if includes
your message, you've done your job. If not, why did you bother?
The only way you have a chance of getting your message into the
story is to make it compelling, quotable and to repeat it often
enough that it is difficult for the reporter to edit around it.
concepts in mind. We are talking to a lot of yous out there. They
don't care what we are doing. They are interested in how they can
lead better, healthier lives. And that, after all, is why we do what
we do, isn't it?
executive. He headed public affairs for the California Department
of Health Services for four years, and was a founding member of
NPHIC. Today he serves on our Thought Leaders panel and conducts
media and crisis communication training.]
promotion of activities for a healthier and safer America, is slated
for April 7-13 this year. Planning already is well under way, but it's
not too late climb aboard. You can sign up as a partner at