Sound Partners for Community Health
January 1, 2001 | Book
The potential of the Internet should not, however, obscure the contribution made by a more traditional means of communications that continues to reach millions of Americans—local radio.
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Massachusetts Targets Health Education Program to Native American Women
January 1, 2003 | Program Result Report
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.
New York's Apollo Theater and Health Providers Sponsor Health Fairs for Harlem Residents
August 1, 2006 | Program Result Report
The Apollo Theater Foundation, in partnership with North General Hospital and Affinity Health Plan, sponsored a series of health fairs for Harlem residents.
Script Doctors?
February 1, 2003 | Program Result Report
During 2000 and 2001, W.E. Duke & Company, a public relations firm with experience in the entertainment industry, developed the framework for a proposed Hollywood-based organization that would provide the entertainment industry with accurate information and resources on health and health care.
Brooklyn Community-Library Partnerships Increase Public's Access to Health Information
March 1, 2003 | Program Result Report
Starting in August 1999, Libraries for the Future, a national organization located in New York, advocating for increased use of public libraries, led a coalition of organizations in its efforts to increase the public's access to health information.
Media Literacy Education Shows Students that Real Life is Not Like the Movies
February 1, 2000 | Program Result Report
The Center for Media Literacy, Los Angeles, organized a national conference on media literacy June 28 to July 1, 1998 in Colorado Springs, Colo.
More Wasteland Than Promised Land, But Educational TV for Kids Survives Neglect
October 1, 2000 | Program Result Report
Starting in January 1997, Kathleen Hall Jamieson, Ph.D. at the Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, conducted research on educational television programming for children and developed a pilot program based on that research.
Sound Partners for Community Health
May 9, 2008 | Program Result Report
Sound Partners for Community Health funded efforts by public broadcasters and their partners to increase public awareness of health issues and to facilitate citizens and policy-makers in taking a more informed and active role in health issues at the local level.
Report by Hollywood Insider Offers Advice on Promoting Health Messages Through Entertainment Media
August 1, 2007 | Program Result Report
Communications consultant Andy Goodman and colleagues researched and completed a report illustrating efforts by nonprofit organizations and other groups to promote health and health care through the entertainment media.
New Routes to Community Health
January 12, 2012 | Program Result Report
From 2006 to 2011, New Routes to Community Health brought together immigrant-led groups, local media organizations, and community institutions in eight cities to use storytelling and media making to address health concerns of immigrants and refugees.