Guest Contributor: 

MJ Kurs-Lasky

MJ Kurs-Lasky
MJ Kurs-Lasky
Playful City USA Manager, KaBOOM!

MJ Kurs-Lasky is the Playful City USA Manager at KaBOOM!, a non-profit dedicated to saving play. In this role he engages community members and city leaders to recognize their communities for making play a priority and using programs to get children active, playing, and healthy.

Playful, Active and Healthy Cities: A New Partnership Between Let’s Move and Playful City USA

Thursday, July 26, 2012
Topics: 
Childhood Obesity
Community Health
Health Reform

“Creating more and better playspaces is something that is very important to us. Research shows that recreation improves a person’s physical and emotional well-being.

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Heath Care Poll

Should Congress continue to fund the Public Health and Prevention Fund rather than use the money for other purposes?

Resource Spotlight

Handbook for Mortals

This new edition of the handbook, first published in 1999, provides practical, straight-forward advice for those dealing with serious illness.

Events

Altarum Center for Sustainable Health Spending Symposium: Sustainable Health Spending and the U.S. Federal Budget
Posted Jul 24, 2012
Policy Roundtable: Speak Up! Influential Women Give Voice to the Challenges of Elder Care
Posted Jun 5, 2012
Policy Roundtable: The Last Word: Influential Women Discuss What Matters When Loved Ones Face Aging
Posted Apr 13, 2012

Resources

2011 Altarum Institute Annual Report
Posted Jul 19, 2012
Webcast: Speak Up! Influential Women Give Voice to the Challenges of Elder Care
Posted Jul 11, 2012
Webcast: The Last Word: Influential Women Discuss What Matters When Loved Ones Face Aging
Posted Apr 26, 2012