November 12, 2004
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Program Result Report
The Plainfield Health Center, operating under the Plainfield Neighborhood Health Services, established a comprehensive school-based health center at Washington Elementary School in Plainfield, N.J., in 2000.
October 1, 2004
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Program Result Report
Faculty in the Department of Nursing at Oakwood College in Huntsville, Ala., trained cosmetologists and others to deliver community-based health education and screening services.
June 1, 2004
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Program Result Report
The Washington Tennis & Education Foundation expanded its programming to introduce at-risk inner city children to health-promoting behaviors such as good nutrition, physical conditioning and avoidance of drugs and alcohol.
June 1, 2004
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Program Result Report
Between 2000 and 2003, Duquesne University's School of Nursing, Pittsburgh, established a Center for Health Care Diversity to educate and train minorities to become nurses and/or allied health professionals educate minority nurses in health policy conduct nursing-focused research and perform community service.
May 1, 2004
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Program Result Report
Pyramid Communications assessed literature reviews to clarify the barriers and opportunities to developing effective programs to improving physical activity and eating habits among people in the African American, Latino and Native American communities.
April 1, 2004
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Program Result Report
In 2002, the ABC Radio Networks produced public service health messages that were broadcast from September through December 2002 to the largely African American audience of its Urban Advantage Network.
January 1, 2004
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Program Result Report
The Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition conducted eight focus groups to assess community health workers' knowledge of breastfeeding and lactation management and to learn how they perceived the value of using technology in their work.
December 1, 2003
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Program Result Report
Georgetown University studied the extent to which care provided to children with asthma in different Medicaid settings follows national guidelines for appropriate asthma care.
October 1, 2003
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Program Result Report
Concerned Parents for Head Start in Paterson, N.J., developed Project Unconditional, a project designed to integrate family and community strengthening components into Head Start to reduce risks for substance abuse.
October 1, 2003
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Program Result Report
The Head Start program at Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science planned and implemented a substance abuse prevention project that worked to change community norms and behaviors that put children at risk of substance abuse.
