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The Right Recipe: Health on the Near Westside
Nojaim Brother's Grocery Store Grand Re-Opening.
St. Joseph's Primary Care Center West Opens.
Onondaga County Health Department releases its Community Health Assessment.
Partner Near West Side Initiative organizes Movement on Main prototype play day.
Sid Lerner wins Arents Award. Read all about it.
Healthy Monday Syracuse launches "Walktober. Read.
Center, grocer team up for health. From The Post-Standard.
Read about the Center's inaugural class of fellows going on to great things.
County exec, mayor declare Sept. 10 Move it Monday! Day
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Program Dir. Rebecca Bostwick
Email: lerner@syr.edu
Phone: (315) 443-4526
Address: 426 Eggers Hall, Syracuse, NY 13244
The Science and Art of Health Promotion
The Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion was established in 2011 to study and combat America’s deadliest killer: Our lifestyles.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have determined that smoking, lack of exercise, and diet are the three leading causes of death and disability in the United States (CDC 2012).
Since its founding, the Center has launched projects across campus and in the larger Syracuse community to combat these killers and to build models that communities around the globe can replicate.
To learn more about what the Center does and why, Newhouse's Greg Munno sat down with Center Director Dr. Tom Dennison for a question and answer session.
Munno’s first question: What is public health promotion?
Dennison: The World Health Organization defines Public Health as “all organized measures (whether public or private) to prevent disease, promote health, and prolong life among the population as a whole.” At the Lerner Center, we’re focused on the “promote” part of that equation. We conduct and encourage research and initiatives that focus on communicating best health practices to policy makers, organizations and, especially, individuals, whom we want to empower and encourage to make healthy choices.
Read the full Q & A with Dennison here
Sid Lerner Wins Arents Award
In 2013, Sid Lerner won the George Arents Award, Syracuse University's highest alumni honor, presented annually to alumni who have made outstanding contributions to their chosen fields. Watch the video to find out why!
Lerner Center Partners
- Healthy Monday Syracuse
- Healthy Monday National
- Syracuse University
- Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs
- Master of Public Health Program
- Center for Policy Research
- SU Food Services
- SU Recreational Services
- Crouse Hospital
- St. Joseph's Hospital
- SUNY Upstate Medical University
- Onondaga County
- HealthEConnections
- City of Syracuse
- County Health Department
- County Parks & Recreation
- Near West Side Initiative
- Nojaim Brother's Grocery Store
- Cornell Cooperative Extension
- Huntington Family Centers
- YMCA of Greater Syracuse