Mission
Partnership for a Healthy Lincoln is a non-profit organization dedicated to improving the health, wellness, and fitness of communities, thousands of people at a time.
Partnership for a Healthy Lincoln is a non-profit organization dedicated to improving the health, wellness, and fitness of communities, thousands of people at a time.
KEEPING KIDS HEALTHY AND ACTIVE AT HOME,
SAFE WHEN THEY GO OUT
Check out our At Home Resources page! Find great resources to engage, entertain, and teach kids with our recommendations for physical fitness, nutrition, gardening and mindfulness activities families can use at home, inside and outdoors. If you need help explaining health measures to your kids, you'll also find kid-friendly videos to help explain about the coronavirus, the need to wear a mask, wash hands, and keep six feet of distance.
LNKTV Health Features
PHL and Partners Monthly
meet our partners
Each month, LNKTV Health features community organizations that are making a difference in our community, great nutrition information and tips to make healthy eating easier, unique and fun ways to be active and highlights featuring inspiring work done by local nonprofits to improve community health.
Watch the latest LNKTV Health productions below and visit LNKTV Health for everything health, wellness, safety, and fitness in our community:
Falls are the leading cause of fatal and nonfatal injuries in Nebraska. In this video, licensed physical therapists provide information and demonstrate exercises in order to help to decrease fall risk.
Visit the LNKTV Health You Tube channel for more.
Partnerships Make a Collective Impact
Partnership for a Healthy Lincoln collaborates with non-profits across the city to improve the wellness of our community. Throughout the year, we feature the work our partners do to impact the health and fitness of our city. Each month we spotlight the current highlights and happenings of featured partners. Click on the links to read about them.
March 2024 highlights:
Wellbeing Initiative
Lincoln/Lancaster County Health Dept. - WIC
Getting prenatal care as early as possible substantially lowers the risk of birth defects as well as infant and maternal death. Nebraska's rates are not good. Partnership for a Healthy Nebraska, UNMC, Creighton Medical School, and others have created a strategy with concrete steps to improve access and education.
Heart disease is still the #1 killer of men and women. The American Heart Association - Nebraska has contributed to the health of Nebraskans in several ways including grants for heart research to the Uni. of Nebraska (Lincoln and Omaha) and UNMC. Find some practical tips in to stay heart healthy in the latest Health & the City column.
Health & Haircuts, a Dec. 14 event offered a hot meal, warm winter outerwear, health connections, and haircuts. Matt Talbot Kitchen & Outreach, Bluestem Health, Fishers Beauty and Barber, and Hometown Haircare joined Partnership for a Healthy Lincoln to bring a little warmth and goodwill to nearly 130 people struggling with food and housing insecurity.
Interested in community health issues? Stay in touch with the latest news and information on PHL and our partners.
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Check out our Health and the City column on the last Saturday of every month in the Lincoln Journal Star. Read past columns here.