Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Culture of Health Prize Finalist
The City of Green Bay has been chosen as a finalist community for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) Culture of Health Prize following its joint application with Wello. Green Bay is one of nine finalists across the country moving one step closer to the national prize which honors communities working at the forefront of…
Exploring Social Connection, Diversity, and Trust’s Influence on Well-Being – Part III
The first task I had as a new intern with Wello was to sort through the responses from the three open-ended questions that were part of their Well-Being Survey. One question they asked was “what one thing would improve well-being in your community?” There were obvious answers like new restaurant chains and better weather, but…
Put a Pandemic on Your Plate
For 15 years, the International Food Information Council’s Food and Health Survey has polled U.S. consumers with the goal of surfacing their perceptions, beliefs, and practices around food and food purchasing decisions. It’s a good read in any year, but this year the survey took place against the backdrop of a global pandemic and included…
Can Cutting Curbs May Make Us Healthier?
No, that’s not a new fad diet. When we talk about “curb cuts,” we’re talking about a concept from the science of community well-being first outlined by Angela Glover Blackwell in her article “The Curb Cut Effect,” published in the Stanford Social Innovation Review (SSIR) in Winter 2017. In the piece, Glover challenges the widely…