Keeping snacks healthy for your heart

Keeping snacks healthy for your heart

August 2018… Amy Deahl-Greenlaw, R.D.N., a registered dietitian nutritionist and adjunct faculty member for Healthy NewsWorks, says you can have a delicious snack that is healthy for your heart and…

Call for nominations: 2019 Health Leaders

July 2018… Nominations will be accepted until August 24 for Philadelphia-area health leaders to be featured in our eighth student-written and -illustrated book. Our special focus this year will be…

Evaluations capture Healthy NewsWorks impact

July 2018… Healthy NewsWorks student reporters showed improvements in health knowledge, research abilities, and interviewing skills each year of an analysis completed recently by two public health graduate students at…

Leading Healthy Change 2018 is available

June 2018… Prescribing outdoor time for children, broadening access to youth sports programs, treating and preventing brain injury, and making communities more walkable are among the ways 16 Philadelphia-area health…

Amy Ginensky to succeed Amy Krulik as Healthy NewsWorks board president

June 2018…Healthy NewsWorks is pleased to announce that Amy Ginensky will become president of its board of directors in July 2018. She will succeed Amy Krulik, who has helped guide…

Spotlight on student authors at 2018 book event

[metaslider id=4293]June 2018 … Kayla Sparks said she was nervous the first time she attended a meeting of the Cole Manor Healthy Comet when she was in third grade. But…

A look at the future of in-school health care

[metaslider id=4255]May 2018 … Gotwals Elementary Healthy Press reporters recently peeked into the future of in-school health care while interviewing two Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) experts about the school’s…

Going to the source for medical information

[metaslider id=4226]May 2018 … A group of fourth grade student reporters recently visited the Simulation Center at Einstein Medical Center Philadelphia to get a taste of how medical professionals are…

Exercise, don’t smoke are among poster themes

[metaslider id=4212]May 2018 … Exercise, don’t smoke, and drink water instead of sugary drinks were among the popular themes for student artists participating in the 2018 ā€œHelp Your Heartā€ poster…

Student reporters take a turn as teachers

May 2018 … Fifth grade reporters for the William Cramp Fit Flyer are giving mini-lessons to their fellow students in younger grades. After each edition of their newspaper is published…