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February 20, 2013 | Program Result
Ashoka: Innovators for the Public sponsored an online competition to identify innovative health care programs in developing countries with potential to be replicated in the United States and selected three winners from 373 entries.
February 1, 2013 | Journal Article
Higher cognitive impacts were observed in the more walkable neighborhoods suggesting that those living in environments conducive to walking may be more affected by mass media physical activity campaigns.
February 1, 2013 | Journal Article
Higher populations of low-income and low-education residents had greater access to the subway and bicycle share program.
December 1, 2012 | Journal Article
This article examines the extent to which smoking prevalence varies across geographic areas, specifically communities, health regions, and provinces/territories in Canada, independent of individual characteristics. Geography contributed to the total variation in smoking at 8.4 percent.
August 1, 2012 | Journal Article
Global health challenges are increasingly more prominent as city populations continue to grow, making community health a priority.
May 16, 2012 | Program Result
Ashoka, via its Changemakers initiative, hosted two international online idea competitions and developed Changeshops, an open-source platform allowing innovators to introduce their projects, seek funding and exchange ideas.
May 16, 2012 | Program Result
Designing for Better Health, an online, worldwide competition sponsored by Ashoka, rewarded innovative ideas that encouraged people to make better decisions about their health and the health of others.
May 16, 2012 | Program Result
Rethinking Mental Health: Improving Community Wellbeing is an online, worldwide competition sponsored by Ashoka Innovators for the Public. It sought and rewarded solutions that move promote understanding of and involvement with mental health issues.
April 25, 2012 | Journal Article
This study shows health warning labels can help ex-smokers stay quit when controlling for greater exposure to cigarettes.
October 4, 2011 | Program Result
Beginning in 2002, the MTCT-Plus Initiative established family-based HIV care and treatment programs in sub-Saharan Africa and Thailand, linking HIV care and treatment of mothers to existing programs that prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV.