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Research Shows Schools Need More Guidance When Implementing Menu and Policy Changes to Help Prevent Childhood Obesity

August 1, 2006 | Program Result

Samuels & Associates conducted in-depth case studies in six California school districts to examine the implementation and effect of laws that set nutrition standards for foods and beverages in public schools.

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.

Governors' Spouses Leadership to Keep Children Alcohol-Free Initiative

October 1, 2006 | Program Result

Leadership to Keep Children Alcohol Free enlisted the support and clout of governors' spouses in an initiative designed to increase public awareness and understanding of the problem of underage alcohol consumption.

Web Site Helps Community Leaders Translate Research Into Behavior Changes Using the RE-AIM Framework

November 1, 2006 | Program Result

Between 2000 and 2005, researchers associated with the Behavior Change Consortium conducted a study designed to help move behavior change interventions from research settings into community settings.

Latina Health Project Offers Outreach, Educational, Clinical and Counseling Activities

December 1, 2006 | Program Result

Three grants from RWJF partially funded the health outreach, educational, clinical, and counseling activities of the Latina Health Project of the Planned Parenthood Association of Mercer Area, in Mercer County, N.J.

Cost Analysis Shows the Benefits of Disease Prevention Efforts Under Medicare

January 1, 2005 | Program Result

From July 2001 to the end of 2003, project staff with the Partnership for Prevention, Washington, produced nonpartisan and objective analyses of approaches to increase the emphasis on disease prevention and health promotion under Medicare.

Collaborative Community Involvement Could Improve Public Health

March 1, 2005 | Program Result

National Charrette Institute conducted a literature review on collaborative public involvement practices and convened a best practices forum with experts from a variety of disciplines that use public involvement processes to promote and improve public health.

Dentists Can Convince Their Patients to Quit Smoking Through CRUSE Counseling

March 1, 2005 | Program Result

From 2000 through 2003, researchers from the Oregon Research Institute, Eugene, Ore., implemented and evaluated a tobacco cessation program that dentists provided to low-income people in public clinics.

Criteria Help Schools Evaluate Interventions for Preventing and Reducing Childhood Obesity

May 1, 2005 | Program Result

Action for Healthy Kids worked with experts in education, health, physical education and nutrition to test and apply a set of evaluation criteria for the best school-based interventions that address childhood obesity.

Spanish-Language Radio Broadcasts Health News Coverage

January 12, 2004 | Program Result

From 1992 to 1998, Radio Bilingue used funds from RWJF and other sources to maintain a health desk and produce health programming and public service messages.

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