February 1, 2007
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Program Result
Staff at The Food Trust conducted a Corner Store Campaign to change the school and community environments to support healthy eating among children and adolescents.
February 1, 2007
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Program Result
Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill analyzed the impact of the 1998 revisions to the federal Safe and Drug-Free Schools Act on substance abuse prevention programs administered by 104 local school districts in 11 states.
February 26, 2007
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Program Result
From June 1998 through June 2004, Free to Grow attempted to replicate the program's substance abuse strategies in Head Start programs in three high-risk neighborhoods in New York City.
March 1, 2007
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Program Result
Action for Healthy Kids recruited community leaders from poor, urban areas to attend a national conference entitled Healthy Schools Summit 2005.
June 1, 2007
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Program Result
The CDC conducted a review of the scientific literature and produced evidence-based guidelines for school health programs to promote healthy eating and physical activity to prevent obesity among children.
November 1, 2007
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Program Result
The League of American Bicyclists organized a national meeting, conducted a training session and produced a video to influence the scope, uptake and effectiveness of the national Safe Routes to School Program.
May 6, 2008
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Video/Story
Connecting the worlds of video games and health, with positive results.
March 1, 1999
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Program Result
The National Center for Learning Disabilities, New York, carried out a project to provide teachers, school administrators, and health providers with better methods and tools to diagnose learning disabilities before children reach the third grade.
August 1, 1998
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Program Result
The Social Problem Solving Unit of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey expanded its social-skills-development and problem-solving program from fourth and fifth grades only to a schoolwide model for New Jersey elementary schools.
November 1, 1998
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Program Result
The Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation carried out a planning project to incorporate a specific focus on health into the National School and Community Corps program funded by AmeriCorps.