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NHPS Experts and Issues
| Nutrition Healthy eating at every age and stage Early feeding/breastfeeding Family meals Reading food labels The new dietary guidelines for children Portion control Healthy dining out Getting children to try new foods Benefits of fruit and vegetable consumption Fast food facts and fiction Soda and sugary beverage consumption | Mary Trotter, RD Kate Dupont Phillips, MPH, CHES Linda Tholstrup, MS |
| Environment Walkable communities Exercise-friendly schools and child care settings Encouraging exercise and physical activity Health and academic achievement Access to nutritious food in low income areas | Rich Killingsworth, MPH Patti Miller, MS |
| Physical Activity/Inactivity How to help kids stay physically active Benefits of physical activity Physical conditioning and strength training Healthy habits start early Link between television viewing and obesity Alternatives to TV/screen time | Kate Dupont Phillips, MPH, CHES Linda Tholstrup, MS |
| Community Capacity Building Building coalitions for positive change It takes a village: helping children and families | Gwen Angalet, PhD Marihelen Barrett, RN, MSN Will Henry, MBA John Hollis, MEd Claudia Kane, MS Marina Kaplan, PhD |
| Obesity The obesity crisis in America and how we got here Prevention: The best defense Health implications of obesity Costs of obesity and why prevention makes economic sense | Aguida Atkinson, MD Debbie Chang, MPH |
| Emotional and Behavioral Health Supporting children’s mental health in child care Supporting children’s mental health in schools Youth development and engagement Youth mentoring Family and community connectedness Raising resilient children Family stress management | Jane Case, PhD Lynn Chaiken, MSW Robert Colnes, PhD Dorothy Onn, MSW Doug Tynan, PhD Yvette Santiago, MS |
| Infant mortality prevention | Marihelen Barrett, RN, MSN Vonna Drayton, DrPH Dorothy Onn, MSW Joan Powell, MPA |
| Head Start programs | Doug Tynan, PhD; |
| Child health policy | Marihelen Barrett, RN, MSN Debbie Chang, MPH |
| Uninsured children | Marihelen Barrett, RN, MSN |
| Medicaid/SCHIP | Linda Bultman, PhD Debbie Chang, MPH |
| Leadership for change | Gwen Angalet, PhD John Hollis, MEd |
| Health disparities | Vonna Drayton, DrPH Tavanya Lockett, MPH Joan Powell, MPA |
| Rural health | Vonna Drayton, DrPH |
| Using technology to improve performance | Rendell Bradley Robert Colnes, PhD Vonna Drayton, DrPH Will Henry, MBA |
| Health Data Analyses and Management | Linda Bultman, PhD Robert Colnes, PhD Vonna Drayton, PhD |
For interviews with these or other Nemours Health and Prevention Services representatives, Contact Karen Bengston at 302-444-9108 or kbengsto@nemours.org
