Nurturing Body, Mind, and Spirit
August 14, 2012 | Story
Bonnie Kratzer explains the Parish Nurse program, in which volunteer parish nurses provide health education, screenings, and other services to churches and other community organizations.
Health Education
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Teaching Adolescents about Abusive Dating
November 22, 2011 | Program Result Report
The School-Based Youth Services Program incorporated Safe Dates - a dating abuse prevention course - into the ninth-grade health curriculum at four vocational high schools in Essex County, New Jersey.
Targeting Overweight Kids and Their Parents in Vineland, N.J.
November 4, 2011 | Program Result Report
South Jersey Healthcare implemented Success Through Exercise, Physical Fitness and Sharing Information for Kids, a 12-week course that helps overweight children and their parents in low-income and minority communities combat obesity.
Stopping Teen Dating Violence in New Jersey with Safe Dates
June 20, 2012 | Program Result Report
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.
HealthEASE Program Provides Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Activities for N.J. Seniors
October 17, 2008 | Program Result Report
The New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services created, implemented and evaluated HealthEASE—a coordinated health promotion program for older adults to change the way in which services are delivered locally.
Taking it to the Streets: Community Health Workers Improve Access for Low-Income Residents
January 28, 2002 | Program Result Report
The New Community Corporation, the largest nonprofit housing corporation in New Jersey, worked with Project HOPE (Health Opportunities for People Everywhere), a worldwide humanitarian organization in health care, to train Community Health Workers.
Safe Dates Teaches Teenagers the Difference Between Healthy and Abusive Relationships
November 22, 2011 | Program Result Report
The Princeton Center for Leadership Training partnered with 13 New Jersey high schools to implement Safe Dates, a dating abuse prevention curriculum, as part of the New Jersey Health Initiatives program.
Health e-Technologies: Building the Science of eHealth
May 28, 2010 | Program Result Report
Health e-Technologies supported research to evaluate the effectiveness of technological applications in improving health behaviors and chronic disease management and in enhancing patient-provider interactions.
Publicizing Health Care Services Available to Uninsured and Underserved Populations in Three Cumberland County (N.J.) Communities
November 24, 2008 | Program Result Report
Health care providers and agencies in Bridgeton, N.J., launched the Mayor's Campaign for Healthier Bridgeton, a collaborative outreach effort to publicize health care services offered to the city's uninsured and underserved populations.
New Jersey Girl Scouts Create Active Living Patch
June 1, 2007 | Program Result Report
From 2003 to 2005, the Girl Scouts of Delaware-Raritan created an Active Living patch to promote the importance of active living.