January 1, 2003
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Program Result Report
From 1998 to 2001, the Advocacy Institute, Washington, developed an advanced leadership program for state and local advocates in tobacco control.
January 1, 2003
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Program Result Report
From 1998 to 1999, SRI International, Menlo Park, Calif., published and disseminated papers presented at a conference on the science base for preventing tobacco use.
January 1, 2003
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Program Result Report
The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions/Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Baltimore, implemented and evaluated a curriculum it had developed for population/community-oriented primary care.
January 1, 2003
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The University of Pennsylvania's Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research conducted research on the federal funding of nursing education by Medicare for a report to Congress due in August 1999.
January 1, 2003
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In 2001, the National Commission on Partnerships for Children's Health held a conference of Southeastern state officials and higher education representatives on ways to form regional child-health collaborations.
January 1, 2003
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Stewart Communications provided management, outreach and communications support to Last Acts, a campaign to improve end-of-life care started by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) in 1995. A coalition of professional and consumer organizations (called partners), Last Acts seeks to make the public aware of end-of-life issues and help individuals and organizations find better ways to care for the dying. Stewart Communications has worked with Last Acts' health care pr...
January 1, 2003
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Program Result Report
The State University of New York Downstate Medical Center (Brooklyn) held a second national conference on quality of care for culturally diverse populations titled, "Quality Health Care for Culturally Diverse Populations."
January 1, 2003
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There are many high-risk behaviors in which youth engage which have important implications for their present well-being and their prospects later in life. Yet, most traditional economists have paid relatively little attention to creating economic models of youth behavior.
January 1, 2003
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Program Result Report
In 2000, the Center for Non-Profit Corporations of North Brunswick, N.J. revised a comprehensive legal manual outlining strategies to reduce the incidence of personnel-related conflicts and employment-related liability for nonprofit organizations.
January 1, 2003
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Program Result Report
The Center for the Advancement of Health conducted a study in 2000 on the current state of practice among physicians in intervening with patients using proven health behavior change strategies.