Public health scholars and community leaders gather to highlight 20 years of the Chiles Center’s statewide contributions to the health of mothers, children and families As they celebrated the last 20 years of successes, staff and friends of the Lawton and Rhea Chiles Center for Healthy Mothers and Babies looked […]
Florida received a C on the March of Dimes 2015 Prematurity Report Card, with a state preterm birth rate of 9.9 percent. Worldwide, preterm birth is the leading cause of death in children under 5-years-old and the leading cause of neonatal death in the U.S. Dr. William Sappenfield, co-director of […]
The USF College of Public Health’s Lawton and Rhea Chiles Center for Healthy Mothers and Babies will host a special tribute for Rhea Chiles on Tuesday, Feb. 23. The program includes a mini-symposium focusing on the current needs of maternal and child health, followed by a reception. Chiles, wife of the late Florida Gov. […]
#GETCOVERED! USF! Getting health care coverage is about taking personal responsibility for one’s health and financial well-being. It’s about being an independent adult and protecting oneself. It is important to remember these critical dates: December 15: Last day to enroll in or change plans for new coverage to start January […]
As the third-year of open enrollment kicked off nationwide Nov. 1 for the federal Health Insurance Marketplace, attention was once again on the USF College of Public Health, which for the second consecutive year attracted the largest Navigator grant in the country. This time Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn and White […]
Millennials. Generation Y. Echo Boomers. There are many names to describe one of the most uninsured groups in the U.S. Jodi Ray, the USF College of Public Health’s program director of Florida Covering Kids & Families, was personally invited by the White House and the Young Invincibles to attend the […]
“Seniors that are malnourished are weaker, have less functionality and more hospital admissions,” said Dr. Lauri Wright, assistant professor in the USF College of Public Health’s Department of Community and Family Health. “It’s not a good course.” As an advocate of the Older Americans Act, Dr. Wright decided it was […]
For the last 3 years Jodi Ray’s team has successfully partnered with key organizations statewide, providing enrollment education and outreach to vulnerable populations in all 67 Florida counties Tampa, FL (Sept. 17, 2015) — Over the last three years, the University of South Florida’s College of Public Health has been […]