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New York City Community Center Provides Substance Abuse and Pregnancy Prevention Counseling for Young Girls

March 1, 2007 | Program Result

The Grosvenor Neighborhood House provided substance abuse and early pregnancy prevention services to girls and young women ages eight to 18.

NY State Releases Health Improvement Plan

April 4, 2013 | New Public Health Post

Prevention Agenda: New York State’s Health Improvement Plan is a 5-year plan to improve the health and quality of life for everyone who lives in New York State. Health improvement plans are a prerequisite for public health department accreditation.

Are Local Laws the Key to Ending Childhood Lead Poisoning?

May 3, 2013 | Journal Article

Reducing and eventually eliminating childhood lead exposure through local policy innovations, is the main objective of this study.

Ladder to Leadership Fellow Steers Nonprofit through Challenging Times

May 16, 2011 | Story

As economy drives demand for its programs, the Center for Family Life and Recovery in Utica, New York, led by Cassandra Sheets, stretches its dollars and hones its services.

Injury Free Coalition for Kids: Dissemination of a Model Injury-Prevention Program for Children and Adolescents

January 27, 2011 | Program Result

The Injury Free Coalition for Kids, a national network of local physician-led, hospital-based programs in Level I pediatric trauma centers, conducts interventions to prevent childhood injuries through education and environmental change.

An Overlooked Group in the Fight to Prevent Teen Pregnancy

October 1, 2002 | Program Result

East Side House, Inc., a social services agency in the Bronx, N.Y., replicated its Community-Based Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Program, developed in 1997 in collaboration with Planned Parenthood of New York City.

The NYC Board of Education Backs AIDS-Prevention Program

October 1, 2001 | Program Result

In February 1991, the New York City Board of Education approved a plan for expanded HIV/AIDS education that included making condoms available on request to the 261,000 students in the city's 120 public high schools.

SPARC

January 1, 2007 | Book

This chapter of the Anthology provides a close look at an innovative community-level program and the individuals who have worked to improve health locally.

Anti-Smoking Ads on NYC Cabs Lead Fight to Ban Tobacco Ads on Taxis

August 31, 1998 | Program Result

SmokeFree Educational Services, Inc., New York, carried out a project to purchase a smokefree advertising campaign on the roofs of New York City taxi cabs.

Parents Rave about Drug-Prevention Programs Offered at Work

May 1, 1997 | Program Result

Work In America Institute, Inc., Scarsdale, N.Y., carried out a pilot project to provide parents in the workplace with skills to help their children more effectively avoid the abuse of alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs.

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