Santa Cruz County Students Making Local Restaurants Healthier
October 18, 2011 | Story
Winning Strategies in the Fight Against Childhood Obesity.
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Rebecca Project for Human Rights Expands Advocacy
May 3, 2011 | Program Result Report
From 2005 to 2010, the Washington-based Rebecca Project for Human Rights expanded its efforts to advocate on behalf of low-income families suffering from the impact of a parent's substance abuse.
The First National Snapshot of Health Care Quality in the United States
March 12, 2012 | Program Result Report
From 1997 to 2002, researchers with the RAND Corporation assessed the quality of care delivered to a large sample of patients living in 12 U.S. communities. This work provided the first national snapshot of health care quality in the United States.
Breaking Through the Denial about Health Care Quality in the United States
March 12, 2012 | Program Result Report
That Americans get only half of recommended care is not an easy message to deliver - or for people to receive. RAND researchers undertook an intensive communications campaign in hopes that their "bad news" would spur changes in health care policy.
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Central Valley, Calif. community is among 50 sites making changes in national initiative to prevent obesity.
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.
Proximity of Fast-Food Restaurants to Schools and Adolescent Obesity
March 1, 2009 | Journal Article
This article examines the relationship between the proximity of fast-food restaurants to schools and children's eating patterns and weight.
An Action Agenda for Schools and Communities to Fight Obesity
July 30, 2012 | Program Result Report
During 2006 to 2007, TV and radio host Tavis Smiley convened town hall meetings in four U.S. cities to raise awareness of childhood obesity. A key organization in each city then worked to spur state and local efforts to address the growing problem.
Bringing Researchers and Community Developers Together to Revitalize a Public Housing Project and Improve Health
November 1, 2011 | Journal Article
A collaboration between researchers and community developers in San Francisco aims to study the health effects of affordable housing in low-income communities.
Health Tracking
March 19, 2012 | Program Result Report
Center for Studying Health System Change researchers tracked changes in the nation's health care system and developed policy analyses describing how those changes affect patients, providers, and others in their communities.