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Client Case Example #2: BD, Age 16, Montclair, N.J.
Newark, N.J., Brotherhood Health Initiative Seeks to Engage Troubled Young Minority Males in Health Care System
Dates of Project: December 2003 to November 2005
Field of Work: Meeting health and health care needs in Newark, N.J.
Synopsis of the Work: The Brotherhood Health Initiative focused on getting minority males aged 12 to 25 who had behavioral problems and lived in Newark, N.J. more engaged with the health care system. Project staff provided intensive case management, peer group support, and advocacy to 285 young males.
Story Told: 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.
Grant ID# 56146 Sidebars
Stories from the New Jersey Health Initiatives project, Decreasing health disparities among young minority males
Read the Program Results for Newark, N.J. Brotherhood Health Initiative Seeks to Engage Troubled Young Minority Males in Health Care System View allMORE IN Grant ID# 56146 Sidebars
Client Case Example #3: JJ, Age 13, Newark, N.J.November 13, 2009 |
Client Case Example #1: AM, Age 17, Newark, N.J.August 22, 2007 |