Getting it Right
August 10, 2009 | Audio
RWJF President and CEO Risa Lavizzo-Mourey delivered the keynote address at the Strand Union Building at Montana State University on August 10, 2009.
Community Outreach/Community Health Workers
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Columbia, Mo.: Parents and Students Show Support for Healthy Changes
January 27, 2009 | Program Result Report
Guided by the director of Columbia Access Television, a registered dietitian and their teacher at West Boulevard Elementary School, the fifth-grade students' experience culminated in the production of healthy eating video messages.
Children's Futures: Lessons From a Second-Generation Community Change Initiative
January 1, 2009 | Journal Article
Children's Futures is a a 10-year RWJF initiative, developed a comprehensive, citywide program in Trenton, N.J. focusing on the critical time period of prenatal care to age three to ensure health and school readiness.
The Pros and Cons of Comprehensive Community Initiatives at the City Level
January 1, 2009 | Journal Article
This article examines the trade-offs between the city-level and neighborhood-based approaches, looking at the Urban Health Initiative aimed at improving the health and safety of children, as a specific case study.
Cost Effectiveness of Community-Based Physical Activity Interventions
December 1, 2008 | Journal Article
Seven interventions that promote physical activity are cost-effective and have a significant impact on quality of life and health.
Texas Takes Community-Oriented Approach to Providing Rural Health Care
March 1, 2000 | Program Result Report
The Texas Department of Health established an initiative to build upon the state's primary health care program that funds selected sites that are providing primary and preventive care to low-income uninsured persons.
Community Service Project Evaluates Adding a Health and Safety Component
November 1, 1998 | Program Result Report
The Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation carried out a planning project to incorporate a specific focus on health into the National School and Community Corps program funded by AmeriCorps.
Stepping Up to the Plate: Common Traits of Community Volunteer Leaders
November 30, 1996 | Program Result Report
Beginning in August 1993, researchers at Indiana University, Bloomington, Ind., conducted extensive interviews with 250 volunteer leaders who had started their own community initiatives.
African-American Hairstylists Enlisted as Lay Health Promoters in Eight Michigan Cities
June 22, 2007 | Program Result Report
The National Kidney Foundation of Michigan expanded a project to train hair stylists in African-American neighborhoods as lay health promoters to educate their clients about diabetes, high blood pressure and kidney disease.
Locally Recruited Lay Advisors Contribute to Community Health
October 1, 2006 | Program Result Report
In 1998, Freedom from Hunger, a California-based organization that addresses issues of hunger and poor nutrition, began the replication and institutionalization of a program to train lay health advisors in several Southern states.