At the 2024 Hoosier Health and Wellness Alliance Annual Food Summit: From Concept to Creation, presenters discussed ways to collaborate and create a sustainable food system for everyone. They emphasized the importance of reflection, support, policy, and research in making
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On May 21, 2024, the Indiana Joint Asthma Coalition (InJAC) hosted “At Home in the Environment” to share local resources about Indiana forests, find out about what work is being done in Indianapolis around environment and health and research that
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This June we celebrated Men’s Health Month. This annual observance encourages men to take charge of their health. Men are less likely to report symptoms or see a provider compared to women, men are at a higher risk for diseases
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During the 2024 Annual Indiana Joint Asthma Coalition Summit presenters spoke about Myths and Misconceptions surrounding Asthma. Asthma is a chronic disease that causes muscle tightening and inflammation in the airways which makes it difficult to breathe. Presenters spoke about
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May is Asthma Awareness Month a time to focus and educate friends, family, and patients about asthma and to promote resources that increase awareness of the seriousness of asthma, which is a serious, chronic respiratory disease that be controlled. The
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National Minority Health Month, launched by the National Minority Health Month Foundation, and founded by Booker T. Washington strives to lessen the health disparities experienced by minorities in the U.S. Health disparities are the imbalance in the quality of health
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February was American Heart Month which means that the Cardiovascular and Diabetes Coalition (CADI) was in full swing! CADI, All IN for Health and CTSI kicked off the month by partnering with Martin University National Center for Racial Equity and
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March is here and so is the return of warmer weather, spring allergies and asthma triggers. Most of us look forward to the higher temperatures, the trees leafing out, grass greening up and flowers budding. However, people with allergies and asthma
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The Hoosier Health & Wellness Alliance, in partnership with Purdue Extension, created an Oxfam-inspired “Indiana Spotlight” hunger banquet toolkit to raise funds and awareness for food insecurity. Before the Covid-19 pandemic, more than 12% of residents in Indiana were living
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Winter can be a tough time for those who have asthma; a chronic condition that causes swelling and inflammation of the airways in the lungs making it more difficult to breathe. While many allergens such as pollen and ragweed levels
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