November 26, 2012
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Program Result
The Health Impact Project is advancing the use of health impact assessments (HIAs), used to determine the potential health effects of a proposed policy or project. Interest in HIAs is growing at the local, state, tribal and federal levels.
November 18, 2009
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Program Result
The Restaurant Opportunities Center of New York was initially formed to help find employment for the surviving workers of Windows on the World.
November 18, 2009
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Program Result
In the 1990s, Massachusetts led the nation in anti-smoking programs, but from 2000 to 2004, the state cut its funding for tobacco prevention by 95 percent.
December 3, 2008
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July 31, 2008
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Program Result
Steven Whitman, PhD, of Mount Sinai Hospital Medical Center of Chicago, conducted a health assessment survey to establish an evidence base from which health improvement strategies can be developed and targeted most effectively.
April 1, 2004
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Program Result
Between 1994 and 1998, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) conducted and evaluated a controlled, random-assignment housing relocation experiment called Moving To Opportunity.
February 1, 2003
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The University of Pennsylvania School of Arts and Sciences undertook a study of 990 black and white adolescents to investigate how social factors, including school experiences and families, contribute to smoking among youth.
August 31, 1998
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SmokeFree Educational Services, Inc., New York, carried out a project to purchase a smokefree advertising campaign on the roofs of New York City taxi cabs.
January 1, 1998
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From 1995 to 1996, the New York Academy of Medicine, New York, established he Center for Urban Epidemiologic Studies.
October 1, 1997
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Program Result
From 1994 to 1997, staff at The Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health, Baltimore, developed a tuberculosis (TB) screening and prevention program by linking health care resources aimed at the control of tuberculosis, with community-based resources for under-served populations in Baltimore City.
