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April 1, 2001 | Program Result Report
Starting in October 1995, Temple University Hospital expanded a pilot program to address infant mortality in North Philadelphia and provide a full range of primary care and preventive services.
October 17, 2012 | News Release
RWJF honors Ifeanyi Anne Nwabukwu, RN, BSN, with a 2012 Community Health Leaders Award.
October 1, 2011 | Journal Article
Higher optimism was associated with a lower incidence of stroke in a nationally representative study of people over age 50.
June 27, 2011 | Program Result Report
Planned Parenthood of Columbia/Willamette developed a business plan for expanding its Online Health Center to other states. It allows women in Oregon and Washington to access contraceptive services via the Internet.
March 24, 2010 | Program Result Report
The Developing Families Center in Washington, D.C., provides health and social support services to young women and their families in the city's low-income, Black neighborhoods.
July 31, 2009 | Program Result Report
In 2003, a team from UCLA School of Nursing launched Tobacco-Free Nurses, the first national effort created to help nurses quit smoking, provide resources to nurses who want to help their patients quit and promote tobacco control on the agenda of nursing organizations.
October 6, 2008 | Program Result Report
Hispanas Organized for Political Equality conducted a survey of 43 Latino teen pregnancy prevention programs across the country to understand better the most effective ways to reach Latinas, and the main challenges that these programs face.
December 1, 2006 | Program Result Report
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.
May 1, 2005 | Program Result Report
The Best Friends Foundation developed and implemented a youth development program for girls in grades 6 to 12 with the message that they should wait until marriage to begin sexual relations and abstain from drinking, smoking and using illegal drugs.
January 1, 2004 | Program Result Report
The Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition conducted eight focus groups to assess community health workers' knowledge of breastfeeding and lactation management and to learn how they perceived the value of using technology in their work.