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June 20, 2012 | Program Result Report
From 2008 to 2011, eight projects implemented Safe Dates, a dating abuse prevention program, in middle and high schools through New Jersey Health Initiatives, which supports projects that improve the health and health care of state residents.
National Program
Start Strong: Building Healthy Teen Relationships is an innovative approach to preventing teen dating violence and abuse by teaching 11 to 4 year-olds about healthy relationships.
April 26, 2010 | Program Result Report
Some 304 school health nurses and 199 other school health personnel, social workers and community partners received training using the "Trauma to Triumph" curriculum developed by Louisiana State University School of Nursing.
January 9, 2013 | Journal Article
Active videogames provide an effective adjunct to traditional PE classes for reaching recommended activity levels in children. It is recommended that children engage in 60 minutes of moderate- to vigorous-intensity physical activity (MVPA) most days ...
July 28, 2008 | Program Result Report
The Prevention Research Center of the School of Public Health and Health Services at the George Washington University evaluated Kids ACT!, a tobacco control advocacy curriculum for students in grades six through eight.
January 1, 2011 | Survey/Poll
On March 29, 2012, Start Strong: Building Healthy Teen Relationships announced new data on teen dating violence behaviors and associated risk factors among middle school students.
January 1, 2011 | Survey/Poll
On March 29, 2012, Start Strong: Building Healthy Teen Relationships announced new data on teen dating violence behaviors and associated risk factors among middle school students.
October 4, 2011 | Program Result Report
The Institute of Play created Being Me, a social networking site, for students at the Quest to Learn public school in New York, to help them actively understand and participate in creating their own health and wellness.
March 31, 2011 | Program Result Report
Progress and lessons learned from two programs that seek to advance the impact digital games can have on health.
February 10, 2009 | Evaluation
In 2005, West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin III signed into law House Bill 2816--the Healthy Lifestyles Act--to help address the state's obesity epidemic. The evaluation was conducted in 2007 by a team from West Virginia University Health Sciences Center and was supported by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.