To support school and community leaders across Missouri, we have created the online Healthy Schools Healthy Communities (HSHC) toolkit. This toolkit features resources originally created for the Foundationβs HSHC grantees working to address childhood obesity in select areas. HSHC brought together schools, community organizations, businesses, parents, and other residents to identify and advocate for changes…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Leslie Pritchard Missouri Family Health Council (573) 694-4898 LPritchard@mfhc.org The Right Time Initiative Increases Access to Quality Contraceptive Services for Women in Missouri Nineteen additional health center locations across Missouri to offer free or low-cost birth control JEFFERSON CITY, MO (July 14, 2020) β Deciding if, when, and under what…
Childhood obesity rates in the U.S. are not improving. According to a recent study published by the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), childhood obesity is on the rise, tripling over the past three decades. While the steep increase in rates has leveled off in recent years, we are still facing a true epidemic…
Michael Brownβs death on August 9, 2014, sparked a cascading series of protests, reactions, and racially charged dynamics that have come to be broadly referred to as βFerguson.β Three years have passed, and in the aftermath itβs important for us to take stock of what progress has been made and whether weβre moving in the…
How did we not know? This is what more and more firearm owners are asking themselves in conversations involving suicide. A recent New York Times article highlighted this tragic question, as many people are unaware that gun suicides outnumber all other types of firearm deaths. In 2020, the Foundation conducted the Missouri Firearms Survey, and…
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MFH is proud to welcome the newest member of its Board of Directors, Shelley Layton. Layton is offering her expertise and experience as an executive in the health care field. In addition, Darin Preis will assume the role of Board chairperson, taking over for 2016. The 15-member Board of Directors plays an instrumental role in…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Courtney Stewart Missouri Foundation for Health (314) 345-5505 cstewart@mffh.org MFH Program Director Accepts Position as President and CEO in Rochester, NY Matthew A. Kuhlenbeck named new head of Greater Rochester Health Foundation ST. LOUIS, MO (November 15, 2018) β Missouri Foundation for Health officially announces the resignation of Program Director Matthew…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Courtney Stewart Missouri Foundation for Health (314) 345-5505 cstewart@mffh.org Foundation Launches Missouri Opportunity Incubator to Drive Innovative Solutions to Help Missourians Thrive New project establishes coalition of leaders from across Missouri, committed to the common good ST. LOUIS, MO (February 28, 2019) – Missouri Foundation for Health is launching the Missouri…
If you ask todayβs analysts about the future of health, youβll get a dismal response. They project runaway health care costs, inadequate health outcomes, and persistent health disparities for decades to come. The question is: are we just going to let that happen? A group of 17 cutting-edge health philanthropists from across the nation, including…