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August 19, 2010 | Program Result
Roca, a 22-year-old youth development organization in Chelsea, Mass., launched the Young Men's Violence Intervention Project in four Massachusetts' communities it provides intensive and repeated efforts to influence their behavior.
July 1, 2009 | Journal Article
This paper looks at the issues of obesity, race and gender, and determines whether school environment influences body mass index (BMI) and whether the racial and gender context one grows up in may also end up affecting BMI.
January 1, 2009 | Journal Article
This article examines the trade-offs between the city-level and neighborhood-based approaches, looking at the Urban Health Initiative aimed at improving the health and safety of children, as a specific case study.
September 1, 2006 | Program Result
In 2002, researchers at the Columbia University School of Social Work developed a 12-week curriculum designed to help parents mitigate the effects that living in violent neighborhoods may have on their children.
February 1, 2004 | Program Result
Rutgers University's School of Criminal Justice pulled together a task force to examine the nature of Newark's violent crime problem and take steps to address it.
March 1, 2004 | Program Result
Fight Crime: Invest in Kids, a national, non-profit child advocacy organization, conducted an educational campaign to increase policymakers' awareness of the value of publicly funded programs to strengthen youth and fragile families.
June 1, 2004 | Program Result
The California Mentor Foundation worked to hire additional staff and build its communications and research capabilities.
March 1, 2003 | Program Result
School shootings resulted in the deaths of 26 students and three teachers and many more were wounded. The Commission for the Prevention of Youth Violence conducted research and dissemination activities during 2000 and 2001.
February 1, 2002 | Program Result
The American Psychological Association created a public service violence prevention campaign called "ACT (Adults and Children Together) Against Violence."
March 1, 2002 | Program Result
The City of Baltimore Department of Health developed a plan for a comprehensive, financially sustainable, community-based health care delivery system that would eliminate barriers to access and focus on prevention in an underserved neighborhood.