RAPS Collaborative Communities bring together regulatory professionals who share common interests, specialties, and challenges. These member-only topic-based forums create space for meaningful ...

The Mayo Clinic Cardiovascular Community Health Collaborative Lab of LaPrincess C. Brewer studies ways to prevent and treat heart conditions and improve access to care.

The goal of the Complex Trait Consortium is to promote the development of resources that can be used to understand, treat and ultimately prevent pervasive human diseases. Existing and proposed mouse ...

UnitedHealthcare this week announced a community-based initiative called Community Catalyst that convenes a broad range of community stakeholders to identify and address specific healthcare needs of ...

On August 14, Donna Scheeder, president of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA), welcomed 3,200 delegates from 137 countries to the 82nd IFLA World Library and ...

People often speak of the organizational culture of the fire service but seldom with such clarity and conviction as my friend Laura Baker, an assistant chief for Tucson (AZ) Fire. Laura has been in ...

Foundations of Collaborative Community Change (FC3) offers a strengths-based, grassroots approach to community change, bringing champions from public institutions, non-profit organizations, ...

Community-based systems interventions represent a promising, but complex approach to the prevention of childhood obesity. Existing studies suggest that the implementation of multiple actions by ...

Visit NAP.edu/10766 to get more information about this book, to buy it in print, or to download it as a free PDF. Natural disasters—including hurricanes, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and ...

Brian Carlson explores the key barriers hindering collaboration among fire departments, along with six recommendations to ...