Robert Pezzolesi (@Upstreaming) profile picture

Building bridges between faith communities & public health experts for population health & health equity. Convener at @IPHNetwork. Home Missioner w/ @NYACUMC.

Poughkeepsie, NY
Joined August 2009
Thank you, #MindMangler @henrywlewis @JonathanSayer1 for filling my birthday with laughter. An incredibly entertaining show! Gratefully, #PublicHealthSugarAdvocate
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NYC is facing a type 2 diabetes crisis. Now, more than ever, New Yorkers need easy access to accurate info about the added sugars in menu items at chain restaurants. sweettruth.nyc
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Today in structural anti-Black racism ...
Chart of the Week from @KFF: A Year of Vaccine Inequity kff.org/global-health-policy…
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Analysis from @nycibo finds that impaired driving arrests in NYC have been declining, while injury-causing crashes by impaired drivers have been increasing. What are @nycmayor, @NYC_DOT, & @NYCComptroller doing about this? ibo.nyc.ny.us/cgi-park2/2021…
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"87 NYS school districts lost btw $1mil & $10mil in FY 2019 [to corporate subsidies]; & 3 of these — Peekskill, New Rochelle, & Rensselaer — lost over $10mil. All are relatively poor, & 2 have large shares of Black & Latino students" via @GoodJobsFirst goodjobsfirst.org/abatingour…
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Dr. Karen Bozicovich of @OAS_official identifies the restricting of hours/days of sale of alcohol as an effective practice to reduce violence - with successful examples in the American region. #CD57
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The Hon. Volda Lawrence - Guyana’s Minister of Public Health - identifies alcohol consumption as a serious factor for gender-based violence at @pahowho #CD57 Side Event: Addressing Violence in the Region of the Americas: What more can be done?
Launch of the Report of the Commission of @pahowho on Equity and Health Inequalities in the Americas #CD57
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At #CD57, NCD prevention/control/services identified as the highest priorities for @pahowho member states in 2020-2025 Strategic Plan
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