News
January 7, 2013
Despite the demise of the Fresh & Easy grocery store chain and a national trend toward larger supermarkets, small-format stores in low-income neighborhoods are increasing. As Hannah Burton Laurison and Christine Fry write in "Fresh & Easy’s Demise: What Does it Mean for Food Access in...
July 12, 2012
Three upcoming webinars will dig into effective program and policy strategies for creating healthier stores in communities. In July, we'll cover working with government partners, and in August we'll take a look at leveraging financing mechanisms and providing incentives.
June 22, 2012
Our staff joined President Obama and Governor Romney this month in Orlando at an annual gathering of the nation’s Latino leadership, the 29th annual conference of the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO).ChangeLab Solutions staff Pilar Lorenzana-Campo and Robert...
May 16, 2012
How does affordable housing contribute to obesity prevention? Marice Ashe, CEO at ChangeLab Solutions, answered this question in a piece for the Oakland Tribune, highlighting how health advocates in Oakland are pushing for more affordable housing. "Affordable housing, education, job creation,...
February 2, 2012
PHLP joined APHA, AAP, and others in filing an amicus curiae brief in support of the federal government's position on severability for mandates of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA). We also have a new fact sheet on the Prevention and Public Health Fund, which summarizes data to...
September 22, 2011
When local news outlets were developing stories about Bay Area communities identified as 'food deserts' by the USDA, they came to PHLP for the full scoop. Hannah Burton Laurison spoke with the San Jose Mercury News and CBS San Francisco about the unique challenges of bringing full service grocery...
July 20, 2011
PHLP joined First Lady Michelle Obama and Partnership for a Healthier America for an important announcement about the committment of national grocery retailers to expand into areas where healthy, affordable access to food is not available. It's exciting to see big chains coming on board to help...
July 7, 2011
PHLP Board member Dr. Richard Jackson will be hosting Designing Healthy Communities, a documentary series for PBS produced by Media Policy Center. The series is one component of a multimedia project that investigates how design of the built enviroment affects public health, and can be used as a...
April 1, 2011
California Governor Jerry Brown's proposal to eliminate redevelopment agencies as part of balancing the state budget has public health officials concerned about the future of healthy communities. As ChangeLab Solutions' Robert Ogilvie commented in a recent article in California Healthline, "We need...
March 14, 2011
We convened in Sacramento on March 17 for a brown-bag panel discussion about Gov. Brown's proposal to eliminate redevelopment agencies in California. As ChangeLab Solutions' Robert Ogilvie wrote in HealthyCal.org, it's important to find ways of preserving some of the powerful tools...