June 1, 2007
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Program Result
The University of Texas examined the perceptions of NYC residents of low-income areas about their neighborhoods to determine factors that help or hinder them from increasing their physical activity.
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.
November 12, 2004
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Program Result
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.
June 1, 2003
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Program Result
The Camden Development Collaborative developed a community health worker project in Camden, N.J., in conjunction with local health care providers, to improve health outcomes and create jobs.
July 1, 2001
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Program Result
The United Hospital Fund of New York worked to develop, validate and implement a research technique called small-area analysis, used to identify communities with high rates of unnecessary hospitalization and limited access to primary care.
August 22, 2007
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Program Result
The Brotherhood Health Initiative (BHI) was a program designed to increase engagement with the health care system among young minority males aged 12 to 25 in Newark, N.J.
August 22, 2007
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Program Result
For AM, gang activity was "a family business." His father, a Blood, was incarcerated; three of his brothers were also Bloods and one was a Crip.
June 20, 2012
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Program Result
From 2008 to 2011, eight projects implemented Safe Dates, a dating abuse prevention program, in middle and high schools through New Jersey Health Initiatives, which supports projects that improve the health and health care of state residents.
November 22, 2011
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Program Result
New Jersey Health Initiatives supports innovative projects by nonprofit, community-based organizations to improve the health and health care of the state's residents.
