APHA member Julius Richmond, former U.S. surgeon general.
Former U.S. Surgeon General Julius B. Richmond, MD, MS, a pediatrician and child development specialist, died July 27 of cancer at his home in Brookline, Mass. He was 91. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] An APHA member, Richmond held a dual role as President Jimmy Carter's assistant secretary...

Working with suicidal clients using the Collaborative Assessment and Management of Suicidality (CAMS).
The Collaborative Assessment and Management of Suicidality (CAMS) was developed to modify clinician behaviors in how they initially identify, engage, assess, conceptualize, treatment plan, and manage suicidal outpatients. This approach integrates a range of theoretical orientations into a structured clinical format emphasizing the importance of the counselor and client...

DNA 4.
District 4 members were happy to host the Colorado Nurse Association convention in Pueblo in September. A special thanks to DNA 3 volunteers and Lisa Peckham who worked with District 4 on the convention. It was exciting to combine the Student Nurse Convention with the CNA convention. ...

Trinity Communications' 'Trinity Foundation' Completes Successful Year of Venture Philanthropy to Nonprofits.
Foundation Sees Positive Impact in First Full Year ... Gives $500,000 in Professional Time and Resources to Nonprofit Groups in Boston BOSTON, Jan. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Trinity Communications, one of the largest independent marketing communications agencies in New England, announces the results of...

Kaiser Permanente Releases 1Q Grant and Donation Numbers.
HEALTH AND BEAUTY CLOSE-UP-30 April 2008-Kaiser Permanente Releases 1Q Grant and Donation Numbers(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com In the first quarter of 2008, Kaiser Permanente approved almost 300 Community Benefit grants and donations totaling more than $19 million. The quarter's charitable contributions reinforce the not-for-profit...

Epotec Moves Into Pharmaceutical and Broader Healthcare Market.
CHRISTIANA, Del., Aug. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Epotec has signed a nonexclusive content agreement with Health Ink & Vitality Communications, extending Epotec's reach into the pharmaceutical and broader healthcare markets, effective Aug. 9, 2001. As a result, Epotec's self-help content will be jointly marketed with the Web health...

Lessons for family planning providers from transitions in maternal and child health funding.
By the end of 2006, the federal government had approved applications from 25 states to grant Medicaid coverage for family planning services to low-income women not poor enough for regular Medicaid eligibility. The income ceiling under most of these programs is at or close to 200% of the federal...

Sharing environmental health practice in the North American Arctic: a focus on water and wastewater service.
Introduction and Background The U.S. Public Health Service (U.S. PHS) became responsible for protecting and promoting the health of Alaska Natives in 1954. U.S. PHS quickly determined infectious disease to be the leading cause of mortality and set a goal of improving health through construction of modern...

Church leaders decry Bush budget.
SHORTLY BEFORE Capitol Hill got down to brass tacks on President Bush's $2.57 trillion budget for 2006, the spending proposal came under blistering criticism in separate critiques by mainline Protestant leaders and the head of Catholic Charities USA. The nation's most vulnerable, namely the poor, stand to...

Hospital's spinoff headed to Eugene.
Byline: Joe Harwood The Register-Guard At least one part of McKenzie-Willamette Medical Center will be moving to Eugene before the end of the year. Willamette Community Health Solutions, the nonprofit arm that spun off from McKenzie-Willamette when the hospital merged with for-profit Triad Hospitals Inc....