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.
Dr. Bob Rauner, president of Partnership for a Healthy Lincoln, is a family physician with a masters degree in public health from Johns Hopkins University. He is also the Chief Medical Officer for OneHealth Nebraska. He has been providing clear, science-based information and updates about COVID 19, the coronavirus, on a series of You Tube Videos. Click on the dates below to view the most recent in the series. (Click here to view earlier videos.)
Para obtener información sobre el coronavirus (COVID 19) en español, haga clic aquí.
Lincoln's Community Comes Together to Support COVID Vaccinations
LNKTV Health Features
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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 Bright Sports 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:
In this September episode, Partnership for a Healthy Lincoln talks about the upcoming annual movement festival, Streets Alive!
Visit the LNKTV Health You Tube channel for more.
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.
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.
September 2021 highlight:
Malone Community Center
Partnership for a Healthy Lincoln, Partners Receive 5 Year, $3.3 CDC Grant
In 2018, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention awarded Partnership for a Healthy Lincoln a five-year, $3.3 million REACH grant, one of only 31 awarded nationally. This award will help support coordinated health improvement projects that address significant disparities in health outcomes within Lincoln’s minority communities and low income neighborhoods, through nutrition, physical activity, and aligning healthcare providers and community outreach efforts to connect patients with health resources.
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In The News
One of Lincoln's oldest neighborhoods is improving the safety, walkability, and vibrancy of their neighborhood with the F Street Tunnel Project and by hosting Streets Alive!
FDA approval of th PFizer COVID-19 vaccine could persuade more of the hesitant and encourage employers to mandate employees be vaccinated.
Based on current information, HHS officials project that the current COVID vaccine protection against severe hospitalization and death could diminish in the coming months, especially among those at higher risk and those vaccinated in the early phase of the vaccine rollout. Nebraska experts weigh in.
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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.
