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August 22, 2007 | Program Result Report
The Brotherhood Health Initiative (BHI) was a program designed to increase engagement with the health care system among young minority males aged 12 to 25 in Newark, N.J.
September 26, 2007 | Program Result Report
The Developmental Studies Center conducted a trial of an elementary school reform initiative which attempted to build a sense of connectedness to school, and thereby promote healthy behaviors in adolescence.
August 1, 2002 | Program Result Report
The Center for the Advancement of Health conducted a study of the availability and integration of health behavior change programs in managed care.
January 31, 2008 | Story
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health & Society Scholars program has given Matt Wray, PhD, the opportunity to pursue research with important clinical and policy implications.
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Start Strong: Building Healthy Teen Relationships is an innovative approach to preventing teen dating violence and abuse by teaching 11 to 4 year-olds about healthy relationships.
February 14, 2012 | Story
A profile of Sarah Strunk, MHA, director of Healthy Kids, Healthy Communities.
July 1, 2011 | Journal Article
An analysis of news coverage of childhood obesity suggests attention to the topic has already waned, and that media framing of the issue and its causes, which can influence public opinion, shifted over time and varied by media type.
April 15, 2011 | Story
A profile of the evaluator, Sara Wilcox, PhD.
January 1, 2011 | Book
In this chapter of the Anthology, the United Teen Equality Center in Lowell, Massachusetts offers an approach to stemming gang violence. Their program uses streetworkers, some of whom were former gang members, to stop outbreaks of gang violence and help gang members get an education, locate employment training opportunities, and find jobs.
December 9, 2010 | Program Result Report
In 2005 tobacco control leaders formed the Consumer Demand Roundtable to shift the tobacco control field to seeing smokers as consumers of cessation products and services by making treatments more appealing and consumer friendly.