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Beyond the Cathedral: Building Trust to Engage the African American Community in Health Promotion and Disease Prevention The Center for Minority Health (CMH) at the University of Pittsburgh has developed sustainable public health interventions for the African-American community in Pittsburgh. Through one program, African-American owned barbershops and beauty salons began providing... Published In: Health Promotion Practice	Journal articles	11/17/2009
Finding the Impact in a Messy Intervention This article looks specifically at the design of the Urban Health Initiative evaluation. It highlights the program's integrated evaluation design, bringing together a theory of change and a quasi-experimental approach, including comparison city usage. Published In: American Journal of Evaluation	Journal articles	11/17/2009
Evaluation of the Urban Health Initiative The Urban Health Initiative (UHI) was designed to encourage a broad cross-section of the community to work together to see whether it is possible to make measurable improvements in the health and safety of urban youth. The lead evaluator for this program is Beth...	Evaluations, Evaluation projects	11/13/2009
Client Case Example #2: BD, Age 16, Montclair, N.J. BD was referred to the Brotherhood Health Initiative because he was getting picked on at school by his peers. The target of the negative attention seemed to be a stuttering problem and an odd personality.	Grant Results Sidebars	11/13/2009
A Randomized Controlled Trial of Asthma Self-Management Support Comparing Clinic-Based Nurses and In-Home Community Health Workers Adding home health visits by community health workers for families already receiving in-clinic support from asthma nurses, gives their asthmatic children 24 more symptom-free days per year on average and also modestly improves quality of life for... Published In: Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine	Journal articles	11/13/2009
Evidence for Connections Between Prosecutor-Reported Marijuana Case Dispositions and Community Youth Marijuana-Related Attitudes and Behaviors This article examines the relationship between local drug policy, and adolescent attitudes toward and use of marijuana. More severe local drug policy on marijuana use is associated with a decreased likelihood that adolescents will use the drug and an increased... Published In: Crime & Delinquency	Journal articles	11/03/2009
Health-Related Quality of Life Among Mexican Americans Living in Colonias at the Texas?Mexico Border Mexican Americans living in colonias along the Texas-Mexico border comprise one of the most disadvantaged and difficult to reach minority groups in the United States. This article examines health-related quality of life (HRQL) in Hispanics, specifically living... Published In: Social Science & Medicine	Journal articles	09/25/2009
Webinar: Improving Access to Healthy Foods The RWJF Commission to Build a Healthier America hosts a webinar on improving access to healthy foods and the challenges for some to choose and maintain healthy eating habits.	Stories and articles	08/05/2009
Improving the Health of All Americans Through Better Nutrition A fact sheet from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Commission to Build a Healthier America on nutrition.	Fact sheets	07/13/2009
$2.3-Million Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Grant Expands Reclaiming Futures The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation announced a new $2.3-million grant to support the addition of three more project sites to Reclaiming Futures.	News releases	05/14/2009

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