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December 1, 2003 | Program Result Report
Experts from the social, behavioral, physiological and medical sciences developed a plan to study how the extent to which people are socially connected (that is, have relationships with others) affects their physical health.
August 1, 2005 | Program Result Report
Washington State University School of Public Health planned and implemented an intervention to link families in faith-based congregations in Spokane, Wash., to isolated single-parent families in their communities.
June 15, 2005 | Program Result Report
Parent Trust for Washington Children established a Rural Family Group Support Network to expand its presence beyond urban settings, and into Washington's rural counties to reduce families' social isolation that can lead to child abuse and neglect.
July 1, 2002 | Program Result Report
Starting in October 1995, The Caleb Foundation provided transportation, home visiting, and other services to isolated elderly living in the White Mountains of New Hampshire.
July 1, 2002 | Program Result Report
Friends for Life, a home visiting program in Waco, Texas formed partnerships with 30 congregations, adding to the dozen faith communities already affiliated with it.
September 1, 2011 | Program Result Report
To combat isolation and loneliness among vulnerable individuals, including the disabled and frail elderly, the PLAN Institute for Caring Citizenship and Tyze Personal Networks promoted Web-based social support networks called Tyze.
June 27, 2011 | Program Result Report
The Center for New Community conducted a grassroots effort to address health and related problems of immigrants working in meatpacking and poultry-processing plants in 12 rural communities in Missouri, Iowa and Minnesota.
July 1, 2010 | Program Result Report
Staff at One Economy Corporation created and expanded Manage Your Diabetes, an interactive Web site designed to help people with low incomes and low literacy skills monitor and control their diabetes.
January 23, 2009 | Program Result Report
Radio Bilingue produced a body of health programming and developed a strategic plan for creating a health desk to expand its health focus.
December 17, 2008 | Program Result Report
Shreveport-Bossier Community Renewal seeks to reduce social isolation in distressed areas of Shreveport, La., and adjacent Bossier City and to disseminate its model of renewal to other cities.