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September 1, 2009 | Report
In 2003, there were 25 community partnerships (CPs) from across the country who were selected to receive funding for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's (RWJF) Active Living by Design (ALbD) initiative. Results from the funded communities are presented in the context of the "5P" Community Action Model.
February 21, 2010 | Evaluation
Healthy Kids, Healthy Communities works to implement healthy eating and active living policy- and environmental-change initiatives that can support healthier communities for children and families across the United States.
January 1, 2009 | Journal Article
Children's Futures, 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. This article explores the initiative's first five years, the available results and lessons learned.
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.
September 18, 2009 | Evaluation
A participatory evaluation of Communities Creating Healthy Environments (C-CHE) is being conducted to evaluate grassroots activities that has been demonstrated to be optimally useful for grassroots advocacy in particular.
January 27, 2009 | Program Result
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.
January 29, 2002 | Program Result
Community Health Care in Bridgeton, N.J., developed a program to train farmworkers in Cumberland County to become lay health promoters.
June 22, 2007 | Program Result
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.
September 9, 2011 | Program Result
Staff at Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon built and engaged two coalitions of faith communities - in Portland and Corvallis - government agencies, advocacy groups and others to improve the health of congregations and their communities.
June 30, 2010 | Journal Article
Participants in a community physical activity program for older adults showed improvements in physical functioning.