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September 1, 2006 | Program Result Report
MEM Associates worked with subcontractors to design and pilot test a program - called the Maine Obesity Primary Prevention Project - aimed at preventing obesity among pregnant women and children under age 5.
October 1, 2006 | Program Result Report
In 1998, Freedom from Hunger, a California-based organization that addresses issues of hunger and poor nutrition, began the replication and institutionalization of a program to train lay health advisors in several Southern states.
October 1, 2006 | Program Result Report
Susan Okie, M.D., wrote a book called Fed Up! Winning the War Against Childhood Obesity. The book provides strategies for protecting children and improving their exercise and eating habits.
October 1, 2004 | Program Result Report
Faculty in the Department of Nursing at Oakwood College in Huntsville, Ala., trained cosmetologists and others to deliver community-based health education and screening services.
January 1, 2003 | Program Result Report
From late 1997 to the end of 2000, the Esperanza Community Housing Corporation provided internships for bilingual residents of a low-income neighborhood in South Central Los Angeles who had been trained as professional community health promoters. Esperanza developed the health-promoter training program to increase access to health and health care information, and...
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.
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.