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Connecting With Care in Low-Income Boston Neighborhoods

November 19, 2012 | Program Result

The Connecting With Care project of the Alliance for Inclusion and Prevention demonstrated that it was economically feasible to bring full-time, mental-health clinicians to schools in the low-income Boston neighborhoods of Dorchester and Roxbury.

How Residential Mobility and School Choice Challenge Assumptions of Neighborhood Place-Based Interventions

January 1, 2012 | Journal Article

Health interventions that are long-term and place-based are embraced as providing low-income families with comprehensive services. To better understand the benefits from these services, this study assesses the role of residential mobility and the us ...

Inner-City Residents in Rochester, N.Y., Receive Community-Based Care

April 1, 2006 | Program Result

Project SHARED developed a community-based project to enable chronically ill, low-income people in two inner-city neighborhoods to better manage their own health and to engage in behavior change that supported health.

Study

April 1, 2004 | Program Result

Between 1994 and 1998, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) conducted and evaluated a controlled, random-assignment housing relocation experiment called Moving To Opportunity.

Elder Health Program in Baltimore Achieves Better Outcomes for Low-Income Elderly Through a Capitated System

January 1, 2003 | Program Result

The Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Health studied Elder Health, a for-profit managed-care provider in Baltimore, Md., that serves individuals eligible for both Medicare and Medicaid (i.e., dually eligible).

Creating Safe Spaces for Children in Schools in Compton, Calif.

October 1, 2003 | Program Result

The Head Start program at Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science planned and implemented a substance abuse prevention project that worked to change community norms and behaviors that put children at risk of substance abuse.

Low-Income New Yorkers See Barriers to Physical Fitness

June 1, 2007 | Program Result

The University of Texas examined the perceptions of NYC residents of low-income areas about their neighborhoods to determine factors that help or hinder them from increasing their physical activity.

Urban Health Initiative: Working to Ensure the Health and Safety of Children

National Program

Program to improve the health and safety of young people in urban areas by improving collaboration among youth-serving agencies and organizations.

Children's Futures: Improving Health and Development Outcomes for Children in Trenton, N.J.

National Program

To employ a comprehensive set of interventions to improve the health of children in Trenton, New Jersey.

Father Absence and Child Well-Being

October 1, 2002 | Report

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