Effort Encourages Kids to Walk to School
WXXI News
October 7, 2015 - Healthi Kids program manager Dina Faticone said in the past, more than half of children walked to school, whereas today only about 14 percent walk and she called on the community to reduce barriers to walking.
Can Exercise Improve the City's Health Problems?
WXXI News
September 24, 2015 - How do you get people in the city's poorest neighborhoods to get out and exercise? Organizations that work for that goal shared their projects with others at Rochester’s inaugural Urban Health Summit, which was co
"Pop up parks" create parking lot party
WROC-TV
September 18, 2015 - Healthi Kids set up a pop up park in a parking lot outside of Rundel Memorial Library Sept. 18 for Park(ing) Day. Dina Faticone, program manager for Healthi Kids, said using space in a smarter way doesn't require a lot of money, but instead a lot of creativity.
On Park(ing) Day, empty lots transform
Democrat and Chronicle
September 17, 2015 - The Democrat and Chronicle featured the concept of Parking Day as an effort to temporarily turn wasted public spaces into urban parks. It noted that Healthi Kids is setting up a pop
The Importance Of "Play" For Rochester School Kids
WXXI News
September 9, 2015 - Dina Faticone, program manager for Healthi Kids, said that like reading, writing and arithmetic, recess is a key part of learning. "We really see recess as an important part of the day in conjunction with physical education, so that kids are getting the recommended amount of physical activity per day that can help improve academic performance," she said.
Excellus: 10.5M Customers Affected By Data Breach
WROC-TV
September 9, 2015 - Dr. Thomas Mahoney, chief medical officer of Finger Lakes Health Systems Agency, said that although a data breach took place at one of the area's largest health insurers, the hackers most likely were targeting information they could use to criminally obtain money or false identities, rather than targeting private medical information.
Health Groups Say Students Need More Playtime
Spectrum News
September 8, 2015 - Recess may be the solution to helping students in city elementary schools achieve greater academic success, said Dina Faticone, program manager for Healthi Kids. Studies have shown that active students are more likely to earn an A in English and math.
Churches seek to improve congregations' health
Catholic Courier
August 31, 2015 - Churches can play a bigger role in improving the health of their members by helping to prevent obesity and poor air quality, according to one of the recommendations from the Regional Commission on Community Health Improvement.
Time to treat violence in our city as a disease
Democrat and Chronicle
August 24, 2015 - On Wednesday night, a couple of blocks up the street from where a neighborhood group on summer Tuesdays tries to promote health by selling fresh peaches, berries, corn, beans and leafy greens and promoting an active lifestyle, seven people were shot.
FLHSA calls shootings a health crisis
WXXI News
August 24, 2015 - FLHSA's African American and Latino health coalitions said high rates of homicide in Rochester are a public health crisis. Candice Lucas, chair of the African American Health Coalition said of the spate of gun violence, "There is a trauma that goes along with that that is not always treated or treated sufficiently in our community."
Connections: The Hidden Cost of Mental Illness
WXXI News
August 5, 2015 - FLHSA's Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Thomas Mahoney, and Senior Data and Research Analyst Kay Spellane joined Kathy Plum, former mental health commissioner for Monroe County, in speaking about how untreated mental illness drives health care costs as part of the radio show Connections with Evan Dawson.
Meet AHP Care Manager John Scruton
AHP Newsletter
July 30, 2015 - Helping patients to do those things that they cannot do for themselves as well as tapping into their motivations and values in the service of realizing their health goals lies at the heart of good care management, said care manager John Scruton, who works with the CMMI project and is a care manager at His Branches.