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July 15, 2010 | Program Result
Youth Radio, an Oakland, Calif., youth development and media organization, developed a sports and fitness teaching curriculum for low-income men, primarily those of color.
July 30, 2012 | Program Result
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.
October 1, 2001 | Program Result
The University of Maryland Foundation produced a nationwide videoconference in 1999 to help professionals working with children to recognize and report child abuse and neglect.
February 1, 2011 | Journal Article
Researchers conducted interview of hospital leaders and unit nurses in 25 hospitals to explore the effect of performance-based incentives.
September 1, 2008 | Issue Brief
This article examines the benefits and issues surrounding continuous eligibility that allows children, ages 0-18, to maintain Medicaid or State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) coverage for up to one full year, even if families experience a change in income or family status.
January 1, 2003 | Report
In response to dramatic and increasing national trends of childhood obesity, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) retained Pyramid Communications to identify opportunities for increasing children's physical activity and healthy eating in school ...
July 27, 2009 | Program Result
Georgetown University kept state-level officials and child health advocates apprised of important issues concerning health care coverage for children, with an emphasis on changes to the federal State Children's Health Insurance Program.
September 1, 2005 | Program Result
From 2003 to 2004, the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD) created and tested a draft of the Healthy School Report Card, a tool to help schools and communities make decisions that might improve the health and well-being of their students.
October 9, 2005 | Program Result
The Public Health Pipeline Program supported efforts by two education organizations from 1998 to 2003 to build the capacity of educational systems to improve science education for students in grades six through nine.
November 1, 2004 | Program Result
Pyramid Communications, a Seattle-based strategic public affairs organization, produced a report for RWJF on school-based physical activity and healthy eating programs to help curb the nation's childhood obesity epidemic.