February 1, 2013
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Journal Article
This commentary praises the detailed work of the article “Food Companies’ Calorie-Reduction Pledges to Improve U.S. Diet," which describes the independent evaluation of the Healthy Weight Commitment Foundation (HWCF) pledge to remove 1.5 trillion calories a year from the marketplace by the end of 2015.
October 1, 2009
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Journal Article
The Center for Minority Health has developed sustainable public health interventions for the African-American community in Pittsburgh. Barbershops and beauty salons began providing vital health services and information.
December 1, 2005
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Program Results Report
A faith-based organization in Charlotte, N.C. recruited and trained members of congregations to help HIV/AIDS patients living in African-American and rural white communities in a 13-county area of the Carolinas.
October 12, 2004
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Program Results Report
Faculty in the Department of Nursing at Oakwood College in Huntsville, Ala., trained cosmetologists and others to deliver community-based health education and screening services.
May 22, 2003
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Program Results Report
The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Fighting Back project sought to combat the problem of substance abuse by developing a single, comprehensive system of treatment and prevention that would reduce the demand for alcohol and illegal drugs in the community.
February 10, 2007
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Program Results Report
The Ebenezer Baptist Church Dollars for Scholars created its Bridging the Gap Project to provide free HIV testing and counseling and care coordination to people living with HIV/AIDS.
June 1, 2001
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Program Results Report
Morse Enterprises organized a series of three, day-long invitational conferences to raise the issue of tobacco divestment among African-American leaders.