July 1, 2004
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Program Result
Project staff at Saint Peter's University Hospital recruited 101 volunteers from eight workplaces in New Brunswick, N.J., to participate in a community health fitness program called Finding Your Way Fit 2.
November 1, 2003
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Program Result
The Worksite Wellness Project developed and implemented a model for improving the health of uninsured, low-wage workers in Los Angeles by increasing their awareness of basic health care and linking them to existing providers.
June 22, 2007
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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 1, 2006
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Program Result
From July 2002 to July 2005, staff from the City of New York Department of Health and Mental Hygiene and the United Nations (UN) Medical Services Division collaborated to develop a worksite health promotion program, with a particular focus on smoking cessation, for employees at UN headquarters.
January 1, 1999
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Book
This chapter of the Anthology presents the findings from a Foundation-funded survey to explore alcohol use and performance problems in the workplace.
June 1, 1999
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Program Result
Starting in December 1996, an expert panel convened by the National Research Council's Board on Children, Youth, and Families studied the health and safety implications of child labor.
July 1, 1997
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Program Result
From 1992 to 1995, researchers at the University of Michigan Institute for Social Research, Ann Arbor, Mich. developed a computer simulation model to evaluate the health, economic, and demographic implications of a worksite smoking cessation program.
May 1, 1997
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Program Result
Work In America Institute, Inc., Scarsdale, N.Y., carried out a pilot project to provide parents in the workplace with skills to help their children more effectively avoid the abuse of alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs.
November 1, 1996
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Program Result
The National Leadership Coalition on AIDS, Washington, sought to bring effective HIV/AIDS prevention and education activities to an expanded business audience.