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Helping Children Actively Design How They Learn about Health and Wellness

October 4, 2011 | 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.

High Turnover of Staff and Residents Challenges Health Advocacy Efforts in a Baltimore Community

September 1, 2006 | 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.

New York's Apollo Theater and Health Providers Sponsor Health Fairs for Harlem Residents

August 1, 2006 | Program Result

The Apollo Theater Foundation, in partnership with North General Hospital and Affinity Health Plan, sponsored a series of health fairs for Harlem residents.

Timely Health Messages Boost Stair Use in Boston Subway by 4.3 Percent

June 1, 2004 | Program Result

From January 2002 to October 2003, researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) created a new automated technology for counting stair users.

NYC's Immigrant Restaurant Workers Get Information and Resources

February 25, 2011 | Program Result

The Restaurant Opportunities Center of New York City (ROC) assessed and addressed the lack of health information and resources among low-wage immigrant restaurant workers.

Can E-Gaming Be Useful for Achieving Recommended Levels of Moderate-to-Vigorous-Intensity Physical Activity in Inner-City Children?

January 9, 2013 | Journal Article

Active videogames provide an effective adjunct to traditional PE classes for reaching recommended activity levels in children. It is recommended that children engage in 60 minutes of moderate- to vigorous-intensity physical activity (MVPA) most days ...

Locating Family Mental Health Services in Shopping Malls and Schools

March 25, 2013 | Program Result

The UCLA Family Commons is a new model of preventive mental health care that provides nonstigmatized, cost-effective education and coaching to help families with children from infancy to adolescence address common childhood issues.

Outreach Program Adapted to Improve Health Care for Asian People in Philadelphia

December 1, 2006 | Program Result

Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals and New York University Downtown Hospital worked together to develop and implement the Chinese Community Partnership for Health, designed to improve the health of Asian populations in Philadelphia.

Community Service Project Evaluates Adding a Health and Safety Component

November 1, 1998 | Program Result

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.

Stopping Teen Dating Violence in New Jersey with Safe Dates

June 20, 2012 | Program Result

From 2008 to 2011, eight projects implemented Safe Dates, a dating abuse prevention program, in middle and high schools through New Jersey Health Initiatives, which supports projects that improve the health and health care of state residents.

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