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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.

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.

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.

Television Documentary Shines Light on Mental Illness and Homelessness

May 9, 2008 | Program Result Report

KQED-TV in San Francisco and the San Francisco State University's Mental Health Education and Workforce Development Initiative teamed up to improve the care of homeless people with mental illness in the San Francisco Bay Area.

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.

Start Strong: Building Healthy Teen Relationships

National Program

Start Strong: Building Healthy Teen Relationships is an innovative approach to preventing teen dating violence and abuse by teaching 11 to 4 year-olds about healthy relationships.

Childhood Obesity

October 1, 2003 | Issue Brief

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