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Helping Children Actively Design How They Learn about Health and Wellness

October 4, 2011 | Program Result Report

The Institute of Play created Being Me, a social networking site, for students at the Quest to Learn public school in New York, to help them actively understand and participate in creating their own health and wellness.

Toolkit and Training Help Raise Awareness and Educate Communities on Combating Childhood Obesity in Schools and Neighborhoods

October 8, 2010 | Program Result Report

The The Institute for the Advancement of Multicultural and Minority Medicine developed a toolkit and provided training to help raise awareness and educate communities on combating childhood obesity.

Senior Citizens Can Learn Quite Well, Thank You

May 1, 2001 | Program Result Report

The Setting Priorities for Retirement Years Foundation studied the current state of research into how older adults learn and make decisions, particularly with regard to health and health care.

Moving Tobacco Education into the Mainstream

March 1, 2000 | Program Result Report

Scholastic Inc., New York, conducted teacher focus groups on integrating tobacco education into current events and social studies.

Proyecto HEAL Helps East Los Angeles Multicultural Center Reach Families and Women With Health Services, Education

July 1, 1999 | Program Result Report

The Multicultural Area Health Education Center was established in 1985 through a US Department of Health and Human Services grant to promote and improve family-oriented primary health care and prevention services in an East Los Angeles community.

Dade County, Fla., Proyecto HEAL Project Teams Seniors With Youths for Health Education

July 1, 1999 | Program Result Report

The Little Havana Activities & Nutrition Center of Dade County implemented a program that teamed older adults with preadolescents for activities designed to promote a general awareness of health issues and to bring youth and seniors closer together.

Albuquerque Proyecto HEAL Project Expands Health Education to Youth and Families

July 1, 1999 | Program Result Report

Youth Development, Inc. implemented Proyecto HEAL by conducting youth health education and leadership classes in collaboration with local schools, providing Strengthening Families training to parents, and conducting community health education.

High Turnover of Staff and Residents Challenges Health Advocacy Efforts in a Baltimore Community

September 1, 2006 | Program Result Report

Trained community health advocates conducted outreach efforts with residents of Sandtown-Winchester, a 72-block low-income neighborhood of Baltimore, to help them gain access to health insurance and needed services.

Massachusetts Targets Health Education Program to Native American Women

January 1, 2003 | Program Result Report

Starting in August 1999, the Central Massachusetts Area Health Education Center in Worcester distributed culturally sensitive health information to Native American women of the Nipmuc Nation in central Massachusetts.

University of Tennessee Uses Health of the Public Funding to Provide Health Education to Rural Youth, Encourage Medical Careers

September 1, 2001 | Program Result Report

The University of Tennessee, Memphis, provided health education to rural young people while exposing health professional students to rural communities and principles of population-based medicine.

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