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A Randomized Controlled Trial of Asthma Self-Management Support Comparing Clinic-Based Nurses and In-Home Community Health Workers

February 1, 2009 | Journal Article

Adding home health visits by community health workers for families already receiving in-clinic support from asthma nurses, gives their asthmatic children 24 more symptom-free days per year on average and also modestly improves quality of life for caregivers.

Clinicians Deliver Brief Messages to Prevent Childhood Obesity in Maine Pilot Program

September 1, 2006 | Program Result Report

MEM Associates worked with subcontractors to design and pilot test a program - called the Maine Obesity Primary Prevention Project - aimed at preventing obesity among pregnant women and children under age 5.

New Book, Fed Up! Winning the War Against Childhood Obesity, Offers Advice for Parents with Overweight Children

October 1, 2006 | Program Result Report

Susan Okie, M.D., wrote a book called Fed Up! Winning the War Against Childhood Obesity. The book provides strategies for protecting children and improving their exercise and eating habits.

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A Randomized Controlled Trial of Asthma Self-Management Support Comparing Clinic-Based Nurses and In-Home Community Health Workers

Clinicians Deliver Brief Messages to Prevent Childhood Obesity in Maine Pilot Program

New Book, Fed Up! Winning the War Against Childhood Obesity, Offers Advice for Parents with Overweight Children