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The Relation of the Perceived Environment to Fear, Physical Activity, and Health in Public Housing Developments (from Connecting Active Living Research and Public Policy) Residents of two severely distressed public housing developments in Chicago who were afraid of violence within their community did fear walking outside and did have poorer health but were no more likely to be obese, according to a 2007 household survey. Published In: Journal of Public Health Policy (Supplement)	Book chapters	03/25/2009
Seattle/King County, Wash. (from Healthy Kids, Healthy Communities) Key FactsPopulation:...	Stories and articles	12/02/2008
When New York Low-Income Seniors Exercise, Weight Falls and Confidence Rises Researchers with the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene tested a 12-week physical activity program that combined aerobics, resistance exercise and motivational activities in a group of 340 low-income, mostly African-American seniors.	Grant Results Reports	06/14/2005
Nine Partners Join Together to Galvanize a National Effort to End Long-Term Homelessness An unprecedented collaboration of nine national foundations, nonprofit organizations and financial institutions today announce a partnership to galvanize leadership and dollars to bring an end to long-term homelessness over the next decade. The Partnership to End...	News releases	11/23/2004
Study: Moving out of High-Poverty Area Is Good for Your Health Between 1994 and 1998, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) conducted and evaluated a controlled, random-assignment housing relocation experiment called Moving To Opportunity.	Grant Results Reports	04/12/2004
Project Improves Public Health in Public Housing The Child Welfare League of America worked with public housing authorities and tenant organizations to improve and add health and social services to public housing to better assist residents.	Grant Results Reports	12/01/2003
Head Start/Anti-Substance Abuse Program Falters in New Jersey 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.	Grant Results Reports	10/01/2003
Moving to Opportunity for Fair Housing Demonstration Program "Health Impacts of a Fair Housing Demonstration Include Less Adult Obesity."Between 1994 and 1998 housing authorities in five U.S. cities-Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles and New York-recruited 4,600 very low-income families living in...	Reports	09/01/2003
Inner-City Health Care Center Provides Essential Health Services The Ounce of Prevention Fund, a public/private partnership that promotes the well-being of children in Illinois, established a maternal and child health care center at the Robert Taylor Homes, a public housing complex in Chicago.	Grant Results Reports	10/01/2002
Getting Social Services Where You Live - a New Model for Low-Income Housing The Community Builders, a nonprofit real estate services organization in Boston, replicated a low-income housing model in Worcester, Mass.	Grant Results Reports	08/06/2002

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