The Early Detection, Intervention and Prevention of Psychosis in Adolescents and Young Adults (EDIPPP) initiative has gathered evidence to show the value of engaging communities toward preventing severe mental illness in young people. Hear about one young woman's journey.
Jessica Donze Black, director of the Kids' Safe and Healthful Foods Project, talks about why students need healthy foods in schools.
Mary Story, director of Healthy Eating Research, and Tracy Fox, president of Food, Nutrition and Policy Consultants, discuss why we need healthier beverage standards.
The RWJF Roadmaps to Health Prize honors outstanding community partnerships that are helping people live healthier lives. These communities are creating a culture of health in their backyards. They were selected in 2013 from more than 160 applicants for their innovative strategies.
In 2006, Terry Huang, a researcher at the National Institutes of Health, proposed a new approach to combating childhood obesity: architecture. VMDO Architects, in collaboration with the University of Virginia and University of Nebraska, redesigned a 1950s-era elementary school in rural Virginia to encourage healthy eating and physical activity among all students.
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May 5, 2010 | Video/Story
Helping immigrant and refugee students succeed. The children of immigrant and refugee families face the same mental health issues as children born in America.
June 30, 2009 | Story/Audio
Cincinnati's Diabetes Footprint Campaign
August 23, 2010 | Video/Story
Read the profiles about each of the 10 winners and watch the video to learn how each has made a difference in their communities.
March 29, 2007 | Video/Story
Keeping our nation's children healthy and better prepared to learn in school and succeed in life.
June 26, 2006 | Video/Story
Nurses are the health care professionals who spend the most time with their patients, so who better to ask for ideas about how to improve patient care?
October 1, 2009 | Video/Story
What grassroots can do to tackle second-hand smoke and other public health challenges.
April 30, 2009 | Video/Story
This story highlights three complementary initiatives to expand coverage.
January 10, 2012 | Video/Story
Since 2005, Finding Answers has awarded and managed research grants totaling $8 million to health care organizations implementing interventions aimed at reducing disparities.
November 2, 2009 | Video/Story
Their approaches illustrate a wide variety of policies that can help prevent childhood obesity.
November 1, 2011 | Video/Story
It's more than two or more health professionals working side by side; it's about respect and understanding.