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Connecting With Care in Low-Income Boston Neighborhoods

November 19, 2012 | Program Result Report

The Connecting With Care project of the Alliance for Inclusion and Prevention demonstrated that it was economically feasible to bring full-time, mental-health clinicians to schools in the low-income Boston neighborhoods of Dorchester and Roxbury.

Fun Events Attract Low-Income Families that Need Children's Health Services

October 1, 1997 | Program Result Report

The initiative provides care coordination of health and social services to elementary school students and their younger and unborn siblings in families with incomes under 180 percent of the poverty level who live near one of two schools.

Creating Safe Spaces for Children in Schools in Compton, Calif.

October 1, 2003 | Program Result Report

The Head Start program at Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science planned and implemented a substance abuse prevention project that worked to change community norms and behaviors that put children at risk of substance abuse.

Dental Pipeline Program Graduate Combines Her Two Interests

October 8, 2009 | Program Result Report

Like many Latino children, Esther Lopez, D.D.S., M.P.H., served as her parents' primary translator at their many doctor visits.

Does the Racial Composition of the School Environment Influence Children's Body Mass Index?

July 1, 2009 | Journal Article

This paper looks at the issues of obesity, race and gender, and determines whether school environment influences body mass index (BMI) and whether the racial and gender context one grows up in may also end up affecting BMI.

Fresh Ideas: Improving the Health of Immigrant and Refugee Communities

June 13, 2013 | Program Result Report

Fresh Ideas was a targeted solicitation for proposals that aimed to give immigrants and refugees the tools and support they need to improve and maintain their own health.

Free To Grow: Head Start Partnerships to Promote Substance-Free Communities

National Program

Program to support selected Head Start agencies to adapt and evaluate innovative substance abuse prevention models that aim to strengthen a young child's environment, specifically the family and community.

Philadelphia Project Works with Corner Stores to Improve Students' Snacking Choices

February 1, 2007 | Program Result Report

Staff at The Food Trust conducted a Corner Store Campaign to change the school and community environments to support healthy eating among children and adolescents.

New York Study Shows Telemedicine is Effective for Care of Low-Income Children in School-Based Settings

April 30, 2007 | Program Result Report

The University of Rochester Medical Center expanded a pilot project in Rochester called Health-E-Access, which they had created in 2001 to study the use of telemedicine to treat inner-city students.

Health Center at Bronx High School Adds Dental Program to Further Serve Low-Income Minority Students

May 31, 2007 | Program Result Report

David Appel, M.D., of Montefiore Medical Center and staff at the Montefiore Medical Center School Health Program site at DeWitt Clinton High School in the Bronx, N.Y., established a dental program for students.

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