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Wolf, Lesley; Vigna, Abra J.; Inzeo, Paula Tran; Ceraso, Marion; Wolff, Tom – Health Education & Behavior, 2019
Policy, systems, and environmental change are now widely accepted as critical to sustaining improvements in community health. Evidence suggests that such systems-level change is most effective when driven by community-based partnerships. Yet, after more than three decades of building community-based partnership work, health inequities have…
Descriptors: Public Health, Community Involvement, Social Differences, Case Studies
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McIntyre, Sue; Dale, Helen; Gabler, Carol – Adult Basic Education and Literacy Journal, 2010
Health literacy, the ability to obtain and understand information and services to make good health decisions, has received much attention recently. Literacy is a stronger predictor of health status than age, income, race, ethnicity, employment status, or educational level. Inadequate health literacy costs the United States an estimated $100-$236…
Descriptors: Communication Strategies, Health Education, Literacy, Health Promotion
Afterschool Alliance, 2013
The Afterschool Alliance and MetLife Foundation are proud to celebrate a fifth round of the MetLife Foundation Afterschool Innovator Awards. For the past five years, we have collaborated to highlight the work of quality afterschool programs that support children, families and communities across the nation. This compendium is a compilation of four…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Middle School Students, Youth Opportunities, Youth Programs