Improving the Delivery of Preventive Services to Medicare Beneficiaries
December 23, 2009 | Commentary
Focus on prevention and wellness programs.
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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.
Josephine Mercado Creates Program to Teach Latinos How to Stay Healthy
August 23, 2010 | Story
2010 Community Health Leader winner dispatches promotorascommunity volunteers who share health information with othersto educate Latino community about health, wellness and disease prevention.
Scholar Uses Award-Winning Film to Teach Course on Disparities
June 16, 2010 | Story
Health & Society Scholar finds a unique way to bring epidemiology statistics to life for public health students.
Parent Opinion of Sexuality Education in a State with Mandated Abstinence Education
November 1, 2006 | Journal Article
State and federal policy has increasingly financed and legislated abstinence-only education over the past decade, yet little is known about parental desires regarding sexuality education in states with mandated abstinence education. This study looks ...
Sound Partners for Community Health
January 1, 2001 | Book
The potential of the Internet should not, however, obscure the contribution made by a more traditional means of communications that continues to reach millions of Americans—local radio.
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.
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.