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Start Strong: Building Healthy Teen Relationships Evaluation Summary
September 1, 2013 | Evaluation
RWJF commissioned the independent research firm, RTI International to evaluate Start Strong: Building Healthy Teen Relationships. Students in study reported changes in attitudes and behaviors linked to the prevention of TDV.
Effects on School Climate, Academic Learning, Student Social Skills and Behavior
May 15, 2013 | Evaluation
Mathematica Policy Research and the John W. Gardner Center for Youth and Their Communities at Stanford University conducted a randomized controlled trial of Playworks.
Playworks Implementation in 17 Schools from 6 U.S. Cities
May 14, 2013 | Evaluation
Mathematica Policy Research and the John W. Gardner Center for Youth and Their Communities at Stanford University conducted a randomized controlled trial of Playworks.
Evaluating the Impact of New Beverage Nutrition Standards in Licensed Childcare in California
March 1, 2013 | Report/Evaluation
California’s Healthy Beverages in Childcare Act was implemented in January 2012 to regulate beverages in licensed childcare centers. This report measures the impact of the policy on childcare practices.
Prevention in Middle School Matters
January 1, 2011 | Survey/Poll/Report/Evaluation
On March 29, 2012, Start Strong: Building Healthy Teen Relationships announced new data on teen dating violence behaviors and associated risk factors among middle school students.
A Continuing Program for Increasing Insurance Coverage Among Low-Income Families
June 1, 2010 | Evaluation
The evaluation of Covering Kids & Families� (CKF) found that broad-based cooperation on policy and procedural change?among advocacy groups, providers, state Medicaid and CHIP officials and other stakeholders? can be achieved and that such cooperation can be fundamental to increasing insurance coverage among children.
Health Care for the Uninsured
October 1, 2009 | Evaluation
This paper provides new findings on how low-income parents perceive the quality and affordability of care available to the uninsured.
Performing Outreach with Limited Resources
September 1, 2009 | Evaluation
This report presents trends in media use and in-person outreach for Covering Kids & Families grantees over a three-year period, using quantitative and qualitative data.
Local Wellness Policies
July 1, 2009 | Evaluation
Assessing School District Strategies for Improving Children's Health 2006–07 and 2007–08.
Kentucky Covering Kids & Families (TM)
June 1, 2009 | Evaluation
This case study discusses the trends in new enrollment of children in Kentucky's Medicaid and SCHIP from 1999 to 2005.