June 27, 2011
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Program Result
Planned Parenthood of Columbia/Willamette developed a business plan for expanding its Online Health Center to other states. It allows women in Oregon and Washington to access contraceptive services via the Internet.
December 1, 2006
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Program Result
Three grants from RWJF partially funded the health outreach, educational, clinical, and counseling activities of the Latina Health Project of the Planned Parenthood Association of Mercer Area, in Mercer County, N.J.
March 1, 2003
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Program Result
The Medical and Health Research Association of New York City refined its "pulse study" methodology, which uses billing information and other administrative databases to quickly assess emerging public health issues.
February 9, 2009
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Program Result
From 1997 to 2008, the National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy worked to reduce the rate of teen pregnancy and early parenting in the United States - the highest among industrial nations - by one-third in 10 years.
November 1, 2006
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Journal Article
Despite the importance of access to risk-appropriate reproductive care, there is limited information on the perspectives of mothers and daughters about facilitators and barriers to receiving this care. Researchers conducted five focus groups with a ...
October 1, 2011
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Journal Article
Higher optimism was associated with a lower incidence of stroke in a nationally representative study of people over age 50.
March 24, 2010
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Program Result
The Developing Families Center in Washington, D.C., provides health and social support services to young women and their families in the city's low-income, Black neighborhoods.
October 6, 2008
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Program Result
Hispanas Organized for Political Equality conducted a survey of 43 Latino teen pregnancy prevention programs across the country to understand better the most effective ways to reach Latinas, and the main challenges that these programs face.