YMCA's Pioneering Healthier Communities
November 5, 2012 | Program Results Report
A Progress Report: Combating childhood obesity through local and state policy change.
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Can Tag Help Schools Teach?
March 1, 2012 | Issue Brief
Strengthening recess transforms the school climate, paving the way for less bullying and more focus on learning, according to new evaluation findings from Mathematica Policy Research and Stanford University.
California Making Headway in Battle Against Childhood Obesity But Study Shows Successes are Uneven
November 9, 2011 | News Release
Study shows statewide rates for overweight and obesity among school-age children may be leveling off, but progress is uneven across counties.
School Health Connection Goes Electronic
November 4, 2011 | Program Results Report
The Louisiana Public Health Institute set up and maintained an electronic health information management system in 10 school-based health centers in Greater New Orleans.
A Patchwork of Progress
November 1, 2011 | Report
California making headway in battle against childhood obesity but study shows successes are uneven.
Creating a Sports and Fitness Beat at Youth Radio's Health Desk
July 15, 2010 | Program Results Report
Youth Radio, an Oakland, Calif., youth development and media organization, developed a sports and fitness teaching curriculum for low-income men, primarily those of color.
Using Information from Income Tax Forms to Target Medicaid and CHIP Outreach
September 1, 2009 | Issue Brief
Issue brief explores outreach effort under Maryland's Kids First Act and identifies lessons learned for other states.
What Really Works to Reduce Childhood Obesity? Stakeholders Want Evidence
January 23, 2009 | Program Results Report
Between September 2005 and December 2007, Public Health Informatics Institute staff conducted telephone interviews and met with diverse stakeholders involved with childhood obesity to learn about their needs for information.
Research Shows Consequences of Exposure to Cocaine in the Womb Not Severe
December 1, 2003 | Program Results Report
Investigators at the Brown University School of Medicine developed a computerized database of published studies of the developmental consequences to children of drug exposure in the womb.
High Body Mass Index for Age Among US Children and Adolescents, 2003-2006
May 28, 2008 | Journal Article
This study estimates the prevalence of three measures of high body mass index (BMI) and examines trends of overweight among U.S. children and adolescents between 2003 and 2006.