Percent of Students in District with Policies that Met or Exceeded the 2005 Dietary Guidelines for School Meals by Race/Ethnicity
August 25, 2009 | Story
The strength of school meal guidelines based on the district’s racial and ethnic composition.
Schools Pre-K Through 12
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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.
Communities Creating Healthy Environments: Improving Access to Healthy Foods and Safe Places to Play in Communities of Color
National Program
To build state and national momentum to reverse the epidemic of childhood obesity through strategic investment in those communities most affected.
Dental Student Aid Program
National Program
Program to provide grants to the nation's schools of dentistry to expand the level of student aid support for students whose social background might lead them to select underserved areas for their professional practice.
Food Expenditures and Food Purchasing Among Low-Income, Urban, African-American Youth
June 1, 2011 | Journal Article
A study examining the food-buying behavior of lower-income African-American youth found that youth make frequent and unhealthy food purchases.
Alabama Program Teaches Cosmetologists and College Students to Conduct Community-Based Health Outreach
October 1, 2004 | Program Result Report
Faculty in the Department of Nursing at Oakwood College in Huntsville, Ala., trained cosmetologists and others to deliver community-based health education and screening services.
A School-Based Health Center Gives Children a Healthy Place
November 12, 2004 | Program Result Report
The Plainfield Health Center, operating under the Plainfield Neighborhood Health Services, established a comprehensive school-based health center at Washington Elementary School in Plainfield, N.J., in 2000.
Head Start/Anti-Substance Abuse Program Falters in New Jersey
October 1, 2003 | Program Result Report
Concerned Parents for Head Start in Paterson, N.J., developed Project Unconditional, a project designed to integrate family and community strengthening components into Head Start to reduce risks for substance abuse.
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.
Say No to Drugs!
June 1, 2001 | Program Result Report
The National Black Women's Health Project organized and mobilized students at historically black colleges so the students would become active in prevention and intervention strategies on their campuses and in the surrounding communities.