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Prevention Research Center study finds value in school-garden programs

FirstLine public charter schools in New Orleans utilize school-garden programming in their curriculum. (Photos from of ESYNOLA)

Resilience-building is transferable in communities after a disaster

Piles of debris - clothes, furniture, etc. - outside of homes that flooded in Baton Rouge, LA in 2014. Photo by Carolyn Scofield.

Twitter chats can promote healthy behaviors, study says

Twitter can be an effective way to communicate health information, says a recent study from the Prevention Research Center at Tulane University. (Photo by Paula Burch-Celentano).

President Fitts rewards deserving SPHTM employees with a holiday surprise

Shokufeh Ramirez, assistant director of the Center of Excellence in Maternal and Child Health, excitedly accepts her President’s Staff Excellence Award and $1,000 check from Tulane University President Mike Fitts. (Photo by Paula Burch-Celentano)

Tulane assists in state healthy vending initiative

plastic containers of grapes and assorted berries

Photo exhibit focuses on neighborhood health needs

Movin' for Life Photovoice Project participant Cynthia Atkins stands with her bike at a park near her home

Tulane PRC: Cooking at home, shopping frequency influence consumption

Tulane SPHTM students conduct household surveys for the Makin’ Groceries partnership. Photo by Paula Burch-Celentano

If you serve it, will they eat?

Salad bar

Tulane PRC receives grant to support long-standing local committee for healthy food access

Members and partners of FPAC attended the 2015 Community Input Session, which focused on creating a framework to guide the committee’s priorities

Tulane graduate student works with community to enhance greenway

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