April 5, 2013
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Program Result
Healthy Eating Research aims to reduce childhood obesity by funding studies to examine policy and environmental approaches with potential to improve children's diets - especially children in the groups at the highest risk for obesity.
March 14, 2013
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Program Result
The California Center for Public Health Advocacy studied data on childhood obesity in the state to determine whether incidence of the condition had declined from 2005 to 2010, and whether any decline could be attributed to changes in policy.
February 5, 2013
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Program Result
Child FIRST is a home-based early childhood intervention that works with the most vulnerable very young children and their families to reduce serious emotional disturbance, developmental and learning problems, and abuse and neglect.
April 11, 2012
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Program Result
The Healthy Students, Healthy Minds project of Padres Unidos is working with Denver school board officials to implement a recess-before-lunch policy in all public schools, a schedule that gets kids to eat better and reduces discipline problems.
January 24, 2012
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Program Result
Free to Grow: Head Start Partnerships to Promote Substance-Free Communities tested an innovative approach to two closely related public health problems - substance abuse and child abuse.
January 27, 2011
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Program Result
The Injury Free Coalition for Kids, a national network of local physician-led, hospital-based programs in Level I pediatric trauma centers, conducts interventions to prevent childhood injuries through education and environmental change.
January 26, 2011
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Program Result
The purpose - and impact - of the playground projects went beyond just providing safe places for children to play, according to Injury Free staff members.
January 26, 2011
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Program Result
Childhood injuries associated with ATVs are a serious and increasing problem in rural areas, where the vehicles' off-road capability makes them popular for agricultural and other utilitarian purposes, as well as for recreation.
January 26, 2011
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Program Result
With a network of sites and support infrastructure already in place, Injury Free provided an efficient mechanism for developing and testing promising innovations in obesity prevention, the team believed.
July 14, 2010
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Program Result
Evidence-based home visitation refers to voluntary programs that meet federally mandated requirements for family-focused services - prenatally through early childhood - delivered in the home environment.
