August 1, 2006
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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.
September 1, 2006
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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.
October 1, 2006
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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.
November 1, 2006
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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.
December 1, 2006
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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.
January 1, 2005
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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.
March 1, 2005
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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.
March 1, 2005
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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.
May 1, 2005
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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.
January 12, 2004
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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.