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Evaluating Community-Based Children’s Health Promotion Programs: A Snapshot of Strategies and Methods
Children | Home & community-based services | Measurement
This report provides practical information that states and community groups can use to develop evaluation components for community-based projects that focus on children’s health promotion. Through an examination of seven representative projects, the report offers examples and lessons learned related to various aspects of evaluation, among...
March 2006
State Approaches to Childhood Obesity: A Snapshot of Promising Practices and Lessons Learned
Children | Obesity | State Health
Childhood obesity has become an epidemic in the U.S., with serious health and social consequences for millions of children. Medicaid alone now serves some 4 million obese children. States are growing increasingly concerned about the issue and are focusing energy and resources on addressing it. This report details state efforts to combat this...
Jill Rosenthal, Program Director
April 2004