January 1, 2007
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Program Result Report
Community Health Councils, Inc. Los Angeles, developed community health councils composed of consumers, providers, and representatives from community-based organizations.
July 30, 2012
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During 2006 to 2007, TV and radio host Tavis Smiley convened town hall meetings in four U.S. cities to raise awareness of childhood obesity. A key organization in each city then worked to spur state and local efforts to address the growing problem.
June 1, 2001
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Drug Strategies, a nonprofit research and education institute, created profiles of substance abuse problems in three cities and developed a how-to manual to assist other communities to produce their own profiles.
March 1, 1998
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The Contra Costa County Department of Health Services sought to complete a plan to develop an enriched HMO program for families residing in their county, with a particular focus on low income families served by the publicly-funded health services system.
May 31, 2000
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North Bay Health Resources Center assessed the effectiveness of a community-driven deterrence strategy to increase merchant perception of risk, influence store owners and clerks to obey state tobacco sales laws, and reduce tobacco sales to minors.
June 1, 2000
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From 1996 to 1998, the City and County of San Francisco developed blended funding streams and wraparound services under a capitated managed care system.
August 1, 2000
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Harvard Law School directed five case studies of four cities that have made significant efforts to reduce youth violence or reform the juvenile justice system.
August 1, 2000
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The Institute for Law and Policy Planning, Inc., Berkeley, Calif., carried out a study of tuberculosis (TB) screening and treatment procedures in jails and community-based health care facilities in two representative California counties.
September 1, 2000
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During 1997 and 1998, the Regional Healthcare Advisory Council (RHAC) – created in June 1997 by the County of San Diego Board of Supervisors – developed a master plan for health care services in the county.
May 1, 1997
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The University of Colorado, Denver, evaluated Stop Teenage Addiction to Tobacco (STAT), a nationwide volunteer effort to reduce underage smoking.