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January 1, 2011 | Evaluation
Mathematica interviewed key policy-makers in the 12 Consumer Voices for Coverage states in mid-2010 to assess changes in the involvement, influence and effectiveness of consumer advocacy groups in shaping state health coverage policy over the period of the CVC grant program (2008 to 2010).
August 1, 2010 | Evaluation
This report describes the progress made by Consumer Voices for Coverage participants during the first two years of the initiative.
September 8, 2009 | Evaluation
This report describes the level of core advocacy capacity among the leadership teams at the beginning of the Consumer Voices for Coverage (CVC) program, a 12-state initiative funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
February 10, 2009 | Evaluation
In 2005, West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin III signed into law House Bill 2816--the Healthy Lifestyles Act--to help address the state's obesity epidemic. The evaluation was conducted in 2007 by a team from West Virginia University Health Sciences Center and was supported by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
September 27, 2012 | Evaluation
In 2007, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation awarded Nemours Health and Prevention Services a grant to monitor implementation of healthy eating and physical activity policies and practices in schools and child-care settings.
August 1, 2012 | Evaluation
This evaluation assesses whether the Meta-Leadership Summits better prepared business, government, and nonprofit leaders to work effectively together during a public health or safety crisis.
September 1, 2011 | Report/Evaluation
This brief provides select preliminary research results, preliminary analyses, and policy implications for the implementation of the national Safe Routes to School program in Texas.
April 1, 2011 | Evaluation
This report summarizes the results of several studies comprising year two of an evaluation project assessing the impact of the Mississippi Healthy Students Act on childhood obesity.
June 1, 2010 | Evaluation
The evaluation of Covering Kids & Families� (CKF) found that broad-based cooperation on policy and procedural change?among advocacy groups, providers, state Medicaid and CHIP officials and other stakeholders? can be achieved and that such cooperation can be fundamental to increasing insurance coverage among children.
February 21, 2010 | Evaluation
Healthy Kids, Healthy Communities works to implement healthy eating and active living policy- and environmental-change initiatives that can support healthier communities for children and families across the United States.