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May 1, 2005 | Program Result Report
The Fighting Back project in Vallejo, Calif., worked from 1990 to 2002 to prevent, intervene and treat alcohol and other drug abuse, focusing on local partnerships and strategic alliances to coordinate activities.
April 1, 2003 | Program Result Report
The Roundtable on Initiatives for Children, Families and Communities continued to conduct in-depth research and analyses in selected areas that represent underlying or ongoing challenges to comprehensive community initiatives.
May 1, 1998 | Program Result Report
The Roundtable on Comprehensive Community Initiatives for Children and Families is an on-going forum of private funders, public officials, program directors, and evaluators.
January 15, 2008 | Report
Vote & Vax is a winning strategy for health care providers and their communities, providing vaccines to protect vulnerable populations against the flu. About half of adults 50 years of age and older fail to receive their annual flu vaccination. Since this population is also more likely to vote than any other group, several local health agencies have taken advantage of this opportunity to offer flu vaccinations at polling sites on Election Day, smack dab in the middle of flu shot season.
December 1, 2006 | Program Result Report
The RAND Corporation synthesized and disseminated information on effective community interventions to address racial and ethnic disparities in six health areas.
January 1, 2003 | Program Result Report
The State of New Mexico Department of Public Health developed a project to achieve statewide consensus on an appropriate intervention strategy for the hepatitis C epidemic in New Mexico.
June 1, 2002 | Program Result Report
Rhode Island's KIDSNET wanted its registry to meet the needs of Rhode Island's private providers its success depended on it, since nearly 100 percent of immunizations in the state are given by private sector providers.
June 1, 2002 | Program Result Report
The registry launched an intensive recruitment campaign involving the majority of immunization department staff, with the goal of having all enrolled by end of 1998.
June 1, 2002 | Program Result Report
Immunization registries don't constitute a large or profitable market for private vendors of registry software and in 1998, only a dozen or so registry software vendors served all the registries in the country.
June 1, 2002 | Program Result Report
Some health agencies develop their own immunization registry system, while others purchase software from vendors. Neither choice is necessarily the right one - both can be fraught with difficulties, delays, and cost overruns.