Lessons Learned
September 1, 2005 | Report/Program Result Report
This Grants Results Special Report examines 25 projects funded by RWJF to promote walking, biking and other activities and offers 12 lessons learned.
Health Education
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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.
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.
New York's Apollo Theater and Health Providers Sponsor Health Fairs for Harlem Residents
August 1, 2006 | Program Result Report
The Apollo Theater Foundation, in partnership with North General Hospital and Affinity Health Plan, sponsored a series of health fairs for Harlem residents.
Getting Down to Work: Engaging Business in Achieving a Healthy Workforce
July 29, 2008 | Program Result Report
From 1997 to 2006, the Partnership for Prevention worked with American business leaders to increase the engagement of employers in promoting workforce health.
Teaching Adolescents about Abusive Dating
November 22, 2011 | Program Result Report
The School-Based Youth Services Program incorporated Safe Dates - a dating abuse prevention course - into the ninth-grade health curriculum at four vocational high schools in Essex County, New Jersey.
Targeting Overweight Kids and Their Parents in Vineland, N.J.
November 4, 2011 | Program Result Report
South Jersey Healthcare implemented Success Through Exercise, Physical Fitness and Sharing Information for Kids, a 12-week course that helps overweight children and their parents in low-income and minority communities combat obesity.
Pilot Test of the Latino Health Connector in Columbus, Ohio, Shows Positive Results
June 27, 2011 | Program Result Report
Access HealthColumbus ran a pilot test of the Latino Health Connector, which provides health screening, navigation and educational services to Latino workers and their families in Columbus, Ohio.
NYC's Immigrant Restaurant Workers Get Information and Resources
February 25, 2011 | Program Result Report
The Restaurant Opportunities Center of New York City (ROC) assessed and addressed the lack of health information and resources among low-wage immigrant restaurant workers.
MicheLee Puppets and the Fight Against Child Obesity
January 1, 2010 | Book
MicheLee Puppets travel throughout Florida, providing an entertaining—even rollicking—show for the state's schoolchildren. The puppets highlight ways that elementary schoolchildren can eat more nutritious food and be healthier.