Author Archives: dominikablogs
Strategies for using social media to build your professional healthcare persona
In an increasingly difficult job market, many healthcare professionals have an opportunity to differentiate themselves by having a strong social media presence. More than ever employers are seeking to hire health professionals who have an established “brand” becuause to them that means a wider reach … Continue reading
What new things are you learning this fall?
The fall season is a great time to start fresh, learn new things, and carve different paths. As SurroundHealth continues to grow as a learning community, we are offering a free webinar series entitled, “Advance Your Healthcare Career.” Featuring three … Continue reading
Improving school lunches and geting kids to eat better, the sustainable and low-cost way
It seems that everywhere we turn someone is talking about creating a revolution to make kids school lunches healthier. This is a very important issue but getting a new law or policy passed can be tough, and can be a … Continue reading
Putting “Diva” into Diabetes
When you think of diabetes, “fabulous” and “fun” aren’t usually the first words that come to mind. However, a new article on SurroundHealth spotlights a brilliant advocate who has focused his career on making those two words the heart and … Continue reading
What Does Occupy Mean for Public Health?
Drawing the Connection Is the “Occupy” movement just a flash in the pan, or is it an ongoing public health concern? Clearly, gross economic disparities, lack of access to health care, jobs, and security for the 99 percent are still … Continue reading
Highlights from the 8th biannual 2012 Moffitt Cancer Center Conference: Cancer, Culture & Literacy – Advancing Communications
This SurroundHealth guest blog was written by Julia Olff, MBA, CHES. Julia is responsible for developing and leading a variety of patient-centered health education programs at HealthEd, a patient education agency in New Jersey. I was fortunate a few weeks ago … Continue reading
Effective Advocacy is Personal
This guest blog for SurroundHealth was written by Tammy Pilisuk, MPH. Tammy has been a health educator for over 10 years, and prior to that worked in program planning and health policy. She has expertise in aging and disability advocacy, immunization education, … Continue reading
Public Health is Political
This guest blog post was contributed by Dr. Drew Harris, DPM, MPH. Drew Harris is a public health researcher, consultant and advocate and is the founding chairman of the New Jersey Public Health Institute. In 1874, this anecdote appeared in … Continue reading
How to Talk to Parents About Vaccines
As health professionals, we all want our patients and communities to take an active role in their health care – to educate themselves about their bodies and medical conditions, and the preventive steps they can take to live long and … Continue reading
Five Key Points for Broadening Your Business and Expanding Your Horizons
Guest blog written by Amber Massey, RD, LD. Amber has her own successful website and blog, Chocolate Broccoli , and can be seen in multiple magazine publications for her culinary creations, including Taste of Home, Healthy Cooking, Simple and Delicious, and Country Women’s Magazine. … Continue reading
