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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.

Ready by 21 Quality Counts Initiative Focused on Out-of-School-Time Services for Youth

March 18, 2011 | Program Result Report

The Ready by 21 Quality Counts Initiative, an initiative of the Forum for Youth Investment, helped communities improve the quality and reach of their out-of-school-time services for youth.

Integrating Mental Health and Addiction Services for Vulnerable Families

March 29, 2010 | Program Result Report

Investigators at the University of Michigan’s School of Public Health found examples of local and regional service-integration efforts that could be replicated in other communities.

Fresh Ideas: Improving the Health of Immigrant and Refugee Communities

June 13, 2013 | Program Result Report

Fresh Ideas was a targeted solicitation for proposals that aimed to give immigrants and refugees the tools and support they need to improve and maintain their own health.

Looking for Ways to Evaluate California's Social Marketing Approach to Nutrition

November 11, 2008 | Program Result Report

The California Nutrition Network for Healthy, Active Families conducted in-depth interviews with experts in program planning and evaluation in order to gain an external critique of its evaluation model.

Limited Impact of 'Walking for Wellness' Program Taken in Stride

November 1, 1996 | Program Result Report

The National Black Women's Health Project, a self-help and advocacy organization committed to improving the health of African-American women, enhanced an existing 1991 demonstration project, "Walking for Wellness."

Free to Grow

January 1, 2006 | Book

Recommended Reading Evaluation of the Free to Grow Initiative: Head Start Partnerships to Promote Substance-Free Communities  Executive Summary: Protecting Children from Substance Abuse Protecting Children from Substance Abuse: Lessons from Free to ...

Community Health Promoters Reach Medically Underserved

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...

Combating Obesity in Minority and Low-Income Children

January 13, 2008 | Story

Consumer psychologist Sonya A. Grier, PhD, MBA, a Health & Society Scholar, collaborated with colleagues to study fast-food marketing and targeted interventions to combat childhood obesity.

Farmworkers Trained as Health Promoters Sow the Seeds of Better Health Care

January 29, 2002 | Program Result Report

Community Health Care in Bridgeton, N.J., developed a program to train farmworkers in Cumberland County to become lay health promoters.

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