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March 25, 2013 | Program Result
From 2008 to 2012, Health Care Without Harm worked to embed best practices for environmental sustainability into health care and to create a business plan for Practice Greenhealth, which has hospital and business members.
June 1, 2001 | Program Result
This American Lung Association (ALA) convened a work group of international health professionals to discuss broader involvement of the health community in matters of environmental health and global climate change.
June 1, 2001 | Program Result
From 1998 to 1999, Pyramid Communications, Seattle, conducted media outreach effort promoting an efficient and effective public health system. The effort centered around the nationwide release of the movie, A Civil Action.
May 31, 2000 | Program Result
The University of California, San Francisco, examined the quality of research articles on the health effects of "passive" or environmental tobacco smoke and assessed the potential influence of this research on public and scientific opinion.
September 17, 2012 | Program Result
From late 2008 through 2011, the team from the Kaiser Permanente Research Program on Genes, Environment, and Health (RPGEH) built a biorepository to support studies of genetic and environmental contributors to many common diseases.
November 5, 2012 | Program Result
A Progress Report: Combating childhood obesity through local and state policy change.
October 29, 2012 | Program Result
B Lab expanded and improved the rating system it uses to certify B corporations, particularly in the areas of health and safety issues. B corporations have charters that require them to conduct business in a socially responsible manner.
June 1, 2009 | Program Result
Allies Against Asthma supported the efforts of seven community-based coalitions to improve the management of pediatric asthma in their areas.
May 1, 2002 | Program Result
Child Trends, a Washington-based nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization focused exclusively on children, prepared and disseminated two reports highlighting behavioral and environmental factors that shape the health of the family.
May 1, 1998 | Program Result
The Robert Wood Johnson Medical School conducted a randomized, controlled trial to test whether an education and house-cleaning intervention can reduce blood-lead levels in young children who are at risk for lead poisoning.