Health & Healthcare

Sharing My Skin Cancer Story

Telling people about my cancer diagnosis was not easy to do. At the time of my diagnosis, we were in a different world than we are today. I had some skin cancers that came up on the top of my forehead. I didn’t tell anyone about it. I didn’t tell family, parents, anybody else. I was a sophomore at the University of Texas playing golf. I didn’t talk to anybody because I was afraid I would lose my scholarship. I was afraid I would lose my opportunity to compete.

Education & Workforce Development

Sodexo Teams with Atlanta Public Schools in Support of Innovative Garden Program

Sodexo, world leader in Quality of Life Services, is participating in a school garden-based learning program through its Sodexo-Jackmont partnership with Atlanta Public Schools (APS). The District Grown Gardens Initiative expands the taste for healthy locally grown produce and knowledge about food origins while creating a community that values healthy eating.

Health & Healthcare

How LIVESTRONG at the YMCA Changed My Outlook on Life

That blustery day in December, 2010, when I was told “you have breast cancer” is behind me now. Like many people, I was in denial saying “NOT ME!” I had my mammograms regularly and doctors’ appointments annually.

Health & Healthcare

A ’Close’-Up Look at Diabetes In Cities

With many years of personal and professional experience in the diabetes field, patient advocate Kelly Close and her colleague Emily Regier from Close Concerns offer their perspective on Cities Changing Diabetes1.

Volunteering & Community

Morgan Stanley Healthy Cities Arrives in New Orleans, LA; Thousands to Receive Health, Nutrition and Wellness Programming

Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) today announced New Orleans as its eighth Healthy Cities location and officially kicked off the program with a playground build at Lake Forest Charter School. Working with Second Harvest Food Bank of Greater New Orleans, the program aims to provide over 1,000 children in need and their families with more than 600,000 healthy meals, 1,800 medical screenings, expanded nutrition education programs, and safe play spaces.

Health & Healthcare

How Sodexo is Making it Easier for Kids to Eat Healthy

We know how important it is for kids to eat healthy. Parents and educators strive to ensure children have access to healthy options at home and at school — but what about in their communities?

Health & Healthcare

Public-Private Partnerships: The Key to Wellness Programs That Work

Health isn’t something that begins at 9 a.m. and ends at 5 p.m. The benefits of healthy living don’t come to an end when an employee leaves work. So why should wellness programs stop at the office door?

Awards & Rankings

"Health Affairs" Founding Editor John K. Iglehart, Named 2016 Recipient of the William B. Graham Prize for Health Services Research

John K. Iglehart has been named the 2016 recipient of the William B. Graham Prize for Health Services Research. The Prize, awarded by The Baxter International Foundation and the Association of University Programs in Health Administration (AUPHA), will be presented on Thursday, June 23, 2016, during the AUPHA Annual Meeting in Kansas City, Missouri.

Education & Workforce Development

Art Therapy and Authentic Creative Expression Emphasized at TEDx NYU

On April 15, 2016, Dr. Jordan Potash, ATR-BC, REAT, LCPAT, LCAT, represented the American Art Therapy Association at Color Party: TEDx NYU (New York University). As a student organization, TEDx NYU plans annual conferences and smaller community events that act as platforms to address pertinent topics. Along with fellow art therapists and digital arts developers, Dr. Potash discussed adult coloring books by comparing it to other leisure-based and success-oriented activities and contrasting it to art therapy, a regulated mental health profession.

Health & Healthcare

Chicago Shelter More Than Just a Band-Aid for Healing the Homeless

Baxter and the Baxter International Foundation help A Safe Haven shelter serve Chicago’s medically vulnerable by providing support for on-site health assessments that tackle homelessness at the root level.

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Policy and Advocacy

Policy and Advocacy content from IWBI - International Well Building Institute

Emergency Response

Document rapid interventions when crises strike: delivering therapeutic food, water, hygiene kits, and deploying mobile med

Kingfisher Around the World

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Guiding Stars blog: Kitchen Smarts

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Rethinking EHS Podcast

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Sustainable Operations

ops-related sustainability content (e.g., new electric equipment, decarb efforts, etc.)

Recognition of our Company

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Rethinking EHS Podcast

Join us as we travel the world to uncover real stories of impact—from landfills and energy transition to workplace safety, emerging contaminants, and...

Recognition of our Company

As the leading sports and live music company in the world, we recognize our responsibility to provide industry leadership and to conduct our business...

Leadership

Cascale demonstrates industry leadership and collaboration to drive collective action, by sharing insight into key sustainability topics inside and...