February 18, 2010
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Program Result
The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine tested whether using hand-held computers to answer questions about their health status and the reason for their current visit empowered African-American patients to take a more active role in their health care.
December 23, 2009
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Program Result
The commission sought to influence drug policies and practices, held African-American drug policy summits, worked in communities around the country on drug policy issues and disseminated the commission's policy recommendations.
December 23, 2009
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Program Result
From 2001 to January 2009, three organizations worked to strengthen and expand their roles in advocating for tobacco prevention and control at the national, state and local levels within communities of color. Their efforts focused chiefly on training leaders, building capacity, networking with relevant organizations and engaging in advocacy and policy development. The three organizations were:
November 13, 2009
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Program Result
BD was getting picked on at school because he stuttered. This sidebar tells how the Brotherhood Health Initiative helped put BD on the path toward growing social confidence and skills, which helped him make more friends both in and out of school.
November 13, 2009
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Program Result
This sidebar tells how project staff helped JJ begin to take responsibility for his life, be less disruptive at school, and earn money for the things he wanted through household chores and odd jobs for neighbors.
June 3, 2009
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Program Result
Researchers at Harvard University School of Public Health conducted two telephone surveys of randomly selected U.S. adults representing 14 racial and ethnic minority groups, plus White Americans, in 2006 and 2007.
May 11, 2009
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Program Result
Researchers analyzed data collected from the greater Atlanta area to see if the distance people travel for food varies by gender, race/ethnicity, neighborhood characteristics and type of food outlet.
April 20, 2009
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Program Result
Mathematica Policy Research conducted three focus groups with African Americans and Latinos to gauge their knowledge of and thoughts about personal health records.
February 23, 2009
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Program Result
The Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies issued Aging Out of the Foster Care System to Adulthood: Findings, Challenges, and Recommendations, a report on the unmet needs of youth in America.
January 12, 2009
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Program Result
Policy Advocacy on Tobacco and Health (PATH), a national program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), implemented a comprehensive strategy to strengthen minority-led, community-based coalitions that engage in tobacco policy change in communities of color.
