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March 19, 2009 | Journal Article
Heart failure in African Americans under 50 occurs at 20 times the incidence of heart failure in Caucasians under 50. Additionally, risk factors for this condition--obesity, kidney disease, and hypertension--are already present in young African Americans, and go largely unaddressed.
June 27, 2007 | Commentary
In this article, the authors examine possible causes for growth, the widening disparities in health among different populations and the potential implications for public health expenditures for children and youth with chronic health conditions.
National Program
To support community-based coalitions aimed at improving efforts to control pediatric asthma.
August 27, 2011 | Journal Article
Recommended The Future Challenge of Obesity Reversing the Tide of Obesity Where Next for Obesity? Using nationally representative surveys to trend adult obesity prevalence in the United States and the United Kingdom over the next 20 years, these re ...
August 27, 2011 | Journal Article
The chief scientific adviser to the United Kingdom Government, Foresight Programme, describes how the Lancet series addresses the complexity of obesity, a wide-ranging threat to public health.
January 1, 2002 | Program Result
From 1995 to 1996, staff at Group Health Foundation examined existing services for care of children with chronic illnesses.
March 1, 1998 | Journal Article
Childhood Predictors of Adult Disease
January 1, 2006 | Program Result
Statewide directors of Parent to Parent programs, representing the national Parent to Parent movement, investigated the possibility of creating a formal partnership between the Parent to Parent movement and the Grassroots Consortium on Disabilities.
March 31, 2011 | Program Result
Progress and lessons learned from two programs that seek to advance the impact digital games can have on health.
December 1, 2009 | Journal Article
A parent mentoring program which matches parents of minority, asthmatic children with trained parent mentors similar to themselves seems to be an inexpensive and effective way to help families manage their kids' asthma. There can actually be a net savings associated with families that extensively participate in such a program.