January 13, 2012
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Journal Article
An innovative Virginia health care law enables competent adults with serious mental illness to plan for treatment during incapacitating crises using an integrated advance directive with no legal distinction between psychiatric or other causes of decisional incapacity.
April 10, 2012
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Program Result Report
Oral Health America, a Chicago-based organization that advocates improved dental care, launched a public education campaign to reduce the use of spit tobacco (both chewing tobacco and snuff).
January 12, 2010
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Journal Article
State tobacco-control programs have the potential to reduce tobacco use among youth by preventing them from starting smoking and encouraging smokers to quit or reduce their smoking.
October 6, 2009
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Journal Article
This study examined the influence of menu calorie labels on fast food choices in the wake of New York City's labeling mandate.
July 1, 2008
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Journal Article
An investigation of perceptions of older workers in the direct-care workforce found that low-income older workers were interested in jobs in long-term care.
December 1, 2006
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Program Result Report
The Washington Regional Medical Foundation established an interfaith Volunteer Caregivers Project to organize and train volunteers to provide services for people in a four-county area in northwest Arkansas.
January 1, 2003
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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.