Active for Life: Increasing Physical Activity Levels in Adults Age 50 and Older
National Program
To increase the number of American adults age 50 and older who engage in regular physical activity.
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After School: Connecting Children at Risk With Responsible Adults to Help Reduce Youth Substance Abuse and Other Health-Compromising Behaviors
National Program
Program to support a three-city demonstration project designed to connect at-risk urban youth with responsible adults in activities after school.
Allies Against Asthma: A Program to Combine Clinical and Public Health Approaches to Chronic Illness
National Program
To support community-based coalitions aimed at improving efforts to control pediatric asthma.
Addressing Tobacco in Health Care
National Program
Effective tobacco treatment as part of basic health care.
A Matter of Degree: Reducing High-Risk Drinking Among College Students
National Program
Reducing student high-risk drinking on campus and in the surrounding community.
Injury Free Kids: The Childhood Obesity Chapter
January 26, 2011 | Program Result Report
With a network of sites and support infrastructure already in place, Injury Free provided an efficient mechanism for developing and testing promising innovations in obesity prevention, the team believed.
APHA 2012
October 26, 2012 | Feature
We look back on the 2012 American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, highlighting key issues and talking with health leaders.
Your Career in Context
October 3, 2011 | Commentary
John Lumpkin delivers keynote at 136th Meharry Medical College Convocation.
A Community-Mobilization Approach to Preventing Domestic Violence
April 20, 2012 | Program Result Report
Close to Home, a Dorchester, Massachusetts-based organization, using a community-mobilization approach to prevent domestic violence, launched an effort to replicate its prevention program in three communities in Massachusetts.
The Validity of BMI as an Indicator of Body Fatness and Risk Among Children
September 1, 2009 | Journal Article
This review focuses on the relation of BMI to body fatness and health risks, particularly on the ability of BMI for age 95th Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) percentile to identify children who have excess body fatness.