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The Community Preventive Services Task Force recommends the implementation and maintenance of school-based health centers (SBHCs) in low-income communities, based on sufficient evidence of effectiveness in improving educational and health outcomes.

In 1985, the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released a landmark report, the Secretarys Task Force Report on Black and Minority Health (Heckler Report). It documented the existence of health disparities among racial and ethnic minorities in the United States and called such disparities an affront both to our ideals and to the ongoing genius of American medicine.

This report, the seventh in a series, measures the incidence of heart attack across the country, comparing states as well as the relationship of heart attack to other key well-being items. Our research asks people whether they have had a heart attack in their lifetime. As part of the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index®, chronic conditions such as heart attack, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, diabetes and depression have been measured on a daily basis since 2008. These items comprise a portion of physical well-being, which captures whether people have good health and enough energy to get things done each day. Physical is one of five elements of well-being, along with purpose, social, financial and community.

In the fall of 2015, the Missouri Chapter of the American Planning Association collaborated with Trailnet, the Healthy Eating Active Living (HEAL) Partnership, the City of St. Louis, and community residents to tackle the concern of traffic-related deaths by hosting four pop-up traffic calming demonstrations within the City of St. Louis. These successful demonstrations showcased proven methods of slowing traffic and increasing safety with traffic calming designs.

Resource to help business owners understand and implement the smoke-free ordinance in New Orleans