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Healthier Northshore launches collaborative Community Health Needs Assessment

Healthier Northshore, an initiative dedicated to bringing people, organizations, and resources together to amplify healthier living throughout St. Tammany and Washington Parishes, is approaching the triennial Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA) from a fresh, collaborative lens.

“For this iteration of …

Healthier Northshore partnership serves up fresh produce to Bogalusa food bank

Members of the Healthier Northshore initiative recently got help from inmates at the B.B. Sixty Rayburn Correctional Center to harvest 200 bundles of mustard greens from Nielsen’s Farmacy, a two-acre community garden in Bogalusa. The bundled greens were donated to …

Kids crash the kitchen for quarterly healthy cooking demonstration

The idea is both simple and time-tested: People who learn healthy eating habits at a young age tend to stick with those habits for the rest of their lives.

So, for its latest quarterly Eat Well, Live Well cooking demonstration, …

Eat Well, Live Well: Chef Gavin Jobe of Meribo shares roasted chicken recipe

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Meribo, a modern Italian restaurant in downtown Covington, is …

December – Louisiana Healthy Self Newsletter

Created specifically for Louisiana consumers by Louisiana Navigators

Check out our December Newsletter issue for all events happening in the area and information regarding Open Enrollment in the Health Insurance Marketplace which has begun on November 1, 2022. This is …

Eat Well, Live Well Cooking Demonstration Kickoff!

We launched our Eat Well, Live Well Cooking Demonstration series yesterday to a full house at the Samaritan Center’s new location on Girod Street and enjoyed a wonderful meal with Del Porto’s Chef Dave Solazzo. It was a wonderful demonstration …

Inaugural cooking demo serves up ratatouille, St. Tammany-style

While some home cooks might be intimidated by ratatouille, Chef Dave Salazzo of Del Port Ristorante in Covington says his fuss-free version is simple. ‘Anyone with a stovetop, an oven and basic skills should be able to make it,’ he …

The Be Well Bus is a rolling medical center crisscrossing St. Tammany

With students headed back to classes this month, St. Tammany Parish residents will once again see yellow school buses filling the road.

But St. Tammany Health System is offering a new addition — a pink custom RV built to improve …

Creating a Healthier Northshore

With high rates of obesity, smoking and vaping, coupled with some of the highest mortality rates from chronic illness like cancer and heart disease, Louisiana has notoriously ranked near the bottom of most of the nation’s health outcome measures for …

St. Tammany Health System Launches BeWellBus

“We’re excited to announce this amazing resource for our community,” Anne Pablovich, STHS community health coordinator, said. “We will take the bus to local businesses, events, festivals and other locations to bring health education, screenings and resources into the neighborhoods. …