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In this two-part blog series, I describe lessons I have learned over the past year to communicate better through social media. Hopefully, these lessons will help other public health professionals more effectively engage with their audience.
The prevalence of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias is increasing at an alarming rate among Latinos, especially compared to non-Latino whites. This upsurge is creating a situation for individuals and families that is quite challenging as they search for caregiving […]
New Urbanist principles strive to improve the pedestrian experience so that communities and their resources are accessible even to those who do not have a car.
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The Illinois Prevention Research Center (PRC) and this website is supported by cooperative agreement No. 1U48DP005010 under the Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Research Centers funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The Institute for Health Research and Policy is the Illinois PRC's research home in the University of Illinois at Chicago. Lisa M. Powell, PhD, is the director and principal investigator of the Illinois PRC.
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