Need to Know: What's Next For The ACA
WXXI News
December 30, 2016 - FLHSA CEO Trilby de Jung was among panelists on the WXXI
FL region chosen for ReThink Health project
Finger Lakes Times
December 24, 2016 - The nine counties represented by the Rochester
Finger Lakes region to participate in health initiative
Penfield Post
December 13, 2016 - The Finger Lakes region is one of only six areas across the country recently selected to participate in ReThink Health Ventures, a health innovation project funded by the Fannie E. Rippel and Robert Wood Johnson foundations.
In case you missed it: Rochester street films
Reconnect Rochester
November 23, 2016 - Elizabeth Murphy of FLHSA served as a panelist on the Rochester Street Films festival, which presented a slate of films that showed how smart transportation design and policy can yield streets that make communities better places to live, work and play.
African-American women face higher risk of death from breast cancer
Minority Reporter
November 22, 2016 - According to the latest studies, African American women are 42% more likely to die from breast cancer than white women; researchers have been working to identify the reason this disparity exists.
Sixth annual Reshaping Rochester Awards presented
Rochester Business Journal
November 17, 2016 - Finger Lakes Health Systems Agency's Healthi Kids Play
Playful road to progress in Rochester
Democrat and Chronicle
November 16, 2016 - An editorial from the Democrat and Chronicle called for City Council and potential funders to consider taking action on proposal that would create a "Neighborhood of Play" in Rochester near the Strong Museum of Play, citing advocacy from Healthi Kids on the subject of playful design.
National grant to support in-home health program
Brighton Pittsford Post
November 7, 2016 - Older adults in the Rochester and surrounding Finger Lakes area report more “poor mental health” days than their peers across the state, a fact compounded by a shortage of behavioral health providers in the region. A new interprofessional collaborative program has the potential to better address seniors’ complex health needs.
Reshaping Rochester winners to be honored at luncheon
Penfield Post
October 21, 2016 - Finger Lakes Health Systems Agency's Healthi Kids' Play Best Team has been nominated for the Community Design Center of Rochester's Betty Reshaping Rochester's Betty Strasenburgh Award for Activism for its advocacy for changes to the built environment. Nominees and winners will be recognized at a luncheon Nov. 17.
A simple success, and applause, for Edison Tech student
Democrat and Chronicle
October 18, 2016 - Healthi Kids' Play ROCs campaign was honored by Metro Council for Teen Potential with a Friends of Youth award for its campaign to increase safe and accessible play spaces and play opportunities.
Childhood immunization rate up, obesity down, in 9-county Finger Lakes region
WXXI News
October 18, 2016 - The nine
Doctor stresses health literacy, cultural competency
El Mensajero Católico
October 13, 2016 - When it comes to treating patients and providing quality care nowadays, doctors should place importance on the "twins" of health literacy and cultural competency, according to Dr. Sharon Denise Allison