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National Program
Program, co-sponsored with the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, to address long-standing under-representation in the health professions of certain racial/ethnic groups, especially African Americans, Hispanics, and Native Americans.
May 15, 2012 | Report
This report summarizes the results of several studies comprising Year Three of an evaluation project assessing the impact of the Mississippi Healthy Students Act on childhood obesity. The evaluation measures trends in childhood obesity rates and ass ...
June 1, 2004 | Program Result Report
In June-July of 2003, the Native American High School Summer Programs at Harvard Medical School brought Native American students and teachers to Harvard for a three-week program.
May 16, 2012 | Program Result Report
The Gateway Institute developed and launched a model to educate and prepare low-income New York City high school students for careers in the health professions, in partnership with a high school, a public hospital, and three public colleges.
April 13, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
My time in the classroom also taught me that often the impact you are trying to make is substantially influenced by the laws and policies put in place that regulate your work. As a teacher, our work was constantly influenced by the No Child Left Beh ...
December 1, 2011 | Program Result Report
The American Dental Education Association updated ExploreHealthCareers.org, an interactive website designed to provide low-income and minority students with information about a wide range of health careers.
April 1, 2011 | Evaluation
This report summarizes the results of several studies comprising year two of an evaluation project assessing the impact of the Mississippi Healthy Students Act on childhood obesity.
March 1, 2010 | Journal Article
In 2006, approximately 37 percent of Delaware's children were overweight or obese. To combat Delaware's childhood obesity epidemic, Nemours, a leading child health care provider, launched a statewide program to improve child health.
September 2, 2009 | Journal Article
This article profiles the Gateway Institute for Pre-College Education, a program that helps low-income and minority high school students enter careers in science, medicine and technology.
January 1, 2010 | Evaluation
In 2008, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation awarded a five-year grant to the Center for Mississippi Health Policy to evaluate the impact of the Mississippi Healthy Students Act and associated regulations on childhood obesity.