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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
America's Health Starts With Healthy Children This chartbook from the RWJF Commission to Build a Healthier America focuses on the health of children across the United States.	Video, Chart packs and books, Reports	11/13/2009
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
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
Friends of the Children Founder Wins Purpose Prize Duncan Campbell, founder of Friends of the Children and RWJF grantee, was awarded a 2009 Purpose Prize, which honors social entrepreneurs over 60 who are using their experience and passion to take on society's biggest challenges.	News releases	10/26/2009
Primary Care Follow-Up Plans for Adolescents With Substance Use Problems This focus of this study was to determine recommendations by primary care physicians (PCPs) and assess the relationship between their diagnostic impressions of substance use severity and plans for intervention. Published In: Pediatrics	Journal articles	07/22/2009
$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
Evaluation of Caring Across Communities: Addressing Mental Health Needs of Diverse Children and Youth This evaluation aims to document a number of impacts associated with school-connected interventions delivered across 15 different communities around the country, with an emphasis on overcoming cultural and language barriers of children in immigrant and refugee...	Evaluations, Evaluation projects	05/04/2009
Evaluation of the D.A.R.E. School-Based Substance Abuse Prevention Curriculum In February 2001, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation awarded a $13.7-million grant to Zili Sloboda, Sc.D., of the Institute for Health and Social Policy at the University of Akron to develop and test the Take Charge of Your Life coursework, disseminated through the...	Evaluations, Evaluation projects	04/27/2009

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