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February 29, 2008 | Program Result Report
Researchers at the Multnomah County Health Department examined the prevalence of NNK among nonsmoking Oregon bar and restaurant workers in establishments where smoking was permitted and in those where it was prohibited.
March 1, 2008 | Program Result Report
Brenda Stevenson Marshall and Anne M. Hewitt developed a national profile of Master of Public Administration programs with a health care concentration based on a survey they conducted of representatives of the NASPAA.
April 1, 2008 | Program Result Report
Family Voices, a national organization of parents of children with chronic medical conditions and disabilities, expanded its activities and increase its information-dissemination capabilities nationally.
April 1, 2008 | Program Result Report
The Communications Leadership Institute worked to identify ways nonprofit organizations can design campaigns to persuade individuals to take action on issues they care about.
April 1, 2008 | Program Result Report
The National Governors Association Center for Best Practices created the Aging Initiative to help governors and their policy staffs respond to the needs of America's aging population.
May 30, 2008 | Program Result Report
Leonard A. Jason, Ph.D., led a team of researchers that studied whether restricting minors' access to cigarettes and fining them for possessing tobacco products have a significant influence on their rates of smoking.
May 13, 2008 | Program Result Report
Turning Point: Collaborating for a New Century in Public Health defined its mission as to "transform and strengthen the public health system in the United States to make the system more effective, more community-based and more collaborative."
May 28, 2008 | Program Result Report
Researchers at the University of Florida's Department of Epidemiology and Health Policy Research examined how changes in 46 states' drinking and driving laws enacted between 1976 and 2002 affected alcohol-related crashes and fatalities.
May 9, 2008 | Program Result Report
The University of Wisconsin-Madison Medical School conducted an assessment of state laws, regulations and guidelines for treating pain with controlled substances and disseminated their findings.
May 13, 2008 | Program Result Report
In 1997, local public health departments in Nebraska served only 18 of the state's 93 counties. Local public health departments were located primarily in small rural counties and generally had few staff and limited funds, making it impossible for them to provide most essential public health services.