July 17, 2008
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News Release/Video
Return on investment of more than 5 to 1; focus on increasing physical activity, improving nutrition, and preventing smoking
July 1, 1999
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Program Result
The Multicultural Area Health Education Center was established in 1985 through a US Department of Health and Human Services grant to promote and improve family-oriented primary health care and prevention services in an East Los Angeles community.
July 1, 1999
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Program Result
The Little Havana Activities & Nutrition Center of Dade County implemented a program that teamed older adults with preadolescents for activities designed to promote a general awareness of health issues and to bring youth and seniors closer together.
July 1, 1999
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Program Result
Youth Development, Inc. implemented Proyecto HEAL by conducting youth health education and leadership classes in collaboration with local schools, providing Strengthening Families training to parents, and conducting community health education.
July 1, 1999
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Program Result
The Puerto Rican Family Institute implemented Proyecto HEAL through its Bushwick Child Placement Prevention Program, which serves more than 300 children in Brooklyn.
July 1, 1999
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Program Result
The Pilsen-Little Village Community Mental Health Center developed and implemented community-based interventions that would address sociocultural barriers to health care for Hispanic Americans in Chicago's Near South/West Side.
August 1, 1999
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Program Result
From 1997 to 1998, staff from St. Mary's Manassas, Alabama Redevelopment Team (SMART) helped establish a network of parish nurse programs in one of the poorest neighborhoods in Memphis, Tenn.
January 1, 1998
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Program Result
From 1995 to 1997, project staff at the Wellspring Foundation of Bethlehem, Conn., continued its residential retreat program for cancer patients.
January 1, 1998
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Program Result
The University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Education examined why Medicaid-insured pregnant smokers change or do not change their smoking behavior after entering obstetrical care.
May 1, 1998
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Program Result
The Robert Wood Johnson Medical School conducted a randomized, controlled trial to test whether an education and house-cleaning intervention can reduce blood-lead levels in young children who are at risk for lead poisoning.