All posts with topic: Thriving Communities
Thursday, January 7, 2010
Meet Rosa Soto, health advocate featured in “Food, Inc.”
Our goal is for people to thrive. Part of that effort involves diet. And that’s not just the food you prepare, but the food that’s offered to you through the food industry — which isn’t always healthy. This is the message of a new film called “Food, Inc.” The film was produced with the help of Rosa Soto, regional director of the California Center for Public Health Advocacy in Los Angeles, a nonprofit agency funded in part by a grant from Kaiser Permanente as a community health initiative.
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subjects: diet, nutrition
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Did You Know — H1N1
Did you know that infants—6 months and younger—cannot be vaccinated for the H1N1 flu? That’s why their caregivers should be vaccinated to protect them.
Learn who should be vaccinated for the H1N1 flu.
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subjects: childrens-health, flu
Friday, November 27, 2009
Green and thriving in the community
Since the beginnings of the environmental movement in the early 1960s, we’ve been dedicated to “greening” our organization and helping others do the same.
Our Modesto Medical Center, which opened last fall, is one example of our effort to be environmentally conscious. Nationally recognized as one of the “greenest” health care [...]
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subjects: health-care-system, health-technology
Friday, November 20, 2009
Spreading good health one farmers’ market at a time
Much like a modern-day Johnny Appleseed, Preston Maring, MD, is on a mission—a mission to bring fresh fruits and vegetables to more people across the country.
Dr. Maring’s quest began back in 2003 with the founding of the first Kaiser Permanente farmers’ market: the Friday Fresh Market at our Oakland Medical [...]
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subjects: healthy-habits, nutrition
