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August 30, 2010 | Program Result
Researchers at Pennsylvania State University College of Health and Human Development tested the effect of changes in foods provided by day-care centers to their pre-schoolers.
August 11, 2010 | Program Result
The Sesame Workshop distributed 14,000 copies of the Healthy Habits for Life Child Care Resource Kit in English and Spanish to home-based child care providers to help them integrate nutrition and physical activity into their daily routines.
March 22, 2010 | Program Result
Researchers found that children in family, friend and neighbor care the year before kindergarten were more likely to be obese at the start of kindergarten than children in parent care.
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.
August 25, 2004 | Journal Article
A Randomized Controlled Trial
October 5, 2009 | Program Result
Drug dealers selling crystal methamphetamine, known as ice, used to be a common site at Kahekili Terrace, a low-income housing project on the Hawaiian island of Maui.
October 5, 2009 | Program Result
Expanding the capacity of Head Start agencies to identify and assist families in need was a key ingredient of Free To Grow. That was especially so in New Britain, Conn., and Orange, Calif.
October 5, 2009 | Program Result
Free To Grow brought together diverse community partners to help strengthen families and communities. At one site, Wausau, Wis., the partners worked to change social norms on alcohol use and abuse.
January 1, 2006 | Book
Recommended Reading Evaluation of the Free to Grow Initiative: Head Start Partnerships to Promote Substance-Free Communities Executive Summary: Protecting Children from Substance Abuse Protecting Children from Substance Abuse: Lessons from Free to ...
September 5, 2005 | Program Result
This report by the Free to Grow National Program Office at the Mailman School of Public Health of Columbia University outlines how Free to Grow was integrated into the local Head Start program.