October 4, 2011
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Program Result
The Institute of Play created Being Me, a social networking site, for students at the Quest to Learn public school in New York, to help them actively understand and participate in creating their own health and wellness.
September 1, 2005
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Report/Program Result
This Grants Results Special Report examines 25 projects funded by RWJF to promote walking, biking and other activities and offers 12 lessons learned.
October 8, 2010
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Program Result
The The Institute for the Advancement of Multicultural and Minority Medicine developed a toolkit and provided training to help raise awareness and educate communities on combating childhood obesity.
September 1, 2006
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Program Result
Trained community health advocates conducted outreach efforts with residents of Sandtown-Winchester, a 72-block low-income neighborhood of Baltimore, to help them gain access to health insurance and needed services.
January 1, 2003
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Program Result
Starting in August 1999, the Central Massachusetts Area Health Education Center in Worcester distributed culturally sensitive health information to Native American women of the Nipmuc Nation in central Massachusetts.
May 1, 2001
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Program Result
The Setting Priorities for Retirement Years Foundation studied the current state of research into how older adults learn and make decisions, particularly with regard to health and health care.
March 1, 2000
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Program Result
Scholastic Inc., New York, conducted teacher focus groups on integrating tobacco education into current events and social studies.
July 1, 1999
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Program Result
The Multicultural Area Health Education Center was established in 1985 through a US Department of Health and Human Services grant to promote and improve family-oriented primary health care and prevention services in an East Los Angeles community.
July 1, 1999
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Program Result
The Little Havana Activities & Nutrition Center of Dade County implemented a program that teamed older adults with preadolescents for activities designed to promote a general awareness of health issues and to bring youth and seniors closer together.
July 1, 1999
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Program Result
Youth Development, Inc. implemented Proyecto HEAL by conducting youth health education and leadership classes in collaboration with local schools, providing Strengthening Families training to parents, and conducting community health education.