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Start Strong: Building Healthy Teen Relationships

Start Strong: Building Healthy Teen Relationships

A study of 1,430 seventh-grade students reveals that many 7th-graders are dating and experiencing physical, psychological, and electronic dating violence. More than one in three students (37%) surveyed report being a victim of 'psychological dating violence' and nearly one in six (15%) report being a victim of 'physical dating violence.'

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The Overlooked Connection Between Social Needs and Health

Health Care's Blind Side

Health Care's Blind Side

In a national survey, four in five physicians say patients’ social needs are as important to address as their medical conditions, and that unmet social needs are leading directly to worse health. Likewise, 80 percent do not feel confident in their capacity to address their patients' social needs given existing resource and time constraints.

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Healthy Recess Can Reduce Bullying, Expand Learning Time in Schools

Transforming School Climate, from the Playground to the Classroom

Transforming School Climate, from the Playground to the Classroom

Randomized control trial results suggest that strengthening recess transforms the school climate, paving the way for less bullying and more focus on learning. Research measured the effects of Playworks, which promotes safe, healthy play at recess and throughout the day at schools in 23 cities nationwide.

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Effects on School Climate, Academic Learning, Student Social Skills and Behavior

May 15, 2013 | Evaluation

Mathematica Policy Research and the John W. Gardner Center for Youth and Their Communities at Stanford University conducted a randomized controlled trial of Playworks.

Playworks Implementation in 17 Schools from 6 U.S. Cities

May 14, 2013 | Evaluation

Mathematica Policy Research and the John W. Gardner Center for Youth and Their Communities at Stanford University conducted a randomized controlled trial of Playworks.

Effects on Play, Physical Activity and Recess

May 14, 2013 | Evaluation

Mathematica Policy Research and the John W. Gardner Center for Youth and Their Communities at Stanford University conducted a randomized controlled trial of Playworks.

First Place for Youth

May 1, 2013 | Evaluation/Grantee

"A First Place for Youth," the program gives young adults in the Bay Area a safe, secure place to live, along with occupational and educational support services.

Green House Research Collaborative

November 12, 2012 | Evaluation

The Green House Project has partnered with The Research Initiative Valuing Eldercare (THRIVE) to learn more about what contributes to better quality care in nursing homes, including Green House homes.

My First Place, A Program of First Place for Youth

March 1, 2012 | Evaluation

My First Place, a program of First Place for Youth provides critical services to young adults ages 18-24 who have aged out of the foster care system. Independent researchers conducted a formative evaluation from June 2010 through March 2012.

The Tobacco Campaigns

April 1, 2011 | Evaluation

An assessment of RWJF's tobacco work over 20 years.

Playworks Implementation in Eight Bay Area Elementary Schools

December 14, 2010 | Report/Evaluation

This study examines the initial implementation of Playworks in six San Francisco and Silicon Valley schools, and measures the effectiveness of the programs in two schools with already established Playworks programs.

Evaluation of Playworks: Findings from a Randomized Experiment

May 19, 2010 | Evaluation

This randomized controlled trial evaluates outcomes of Playworks, a program for structured play during recess, school time and after school in poor urban school districts.

Playworks Theory of Change

April 23, 2010 | Report/Evaluation

The Playworks theory of change is one product in a series of final reports from the Study of Playworks Implementation in Eight Bay Area Schools. It describes the components required to bring about the program’s long-term goal of healthy child develo ...

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