Filed under Evidence-Based Practice, Education / Educational Attainment, Adults

Goal: The goal of this program is to improve outcomes among Community College students who are on academic probation.

Impact: Enhanced Opening Doors helps low-income students earn college credentials as the pathway to better jobs and further education.

Filed under Good Idea, Environmental Health / Air

Goal: The mission of Enviro Board Corporation is to become the world's leading manufacturer of low-cost, environmentally friendly building panels. These durable and architecturally versatile panels will contribute significantly to a healthier environment by recycling agricultural waste, greatly reducing pollution and preserving our natural resources, while creating the ability to construct high-quality, affordable housing worldwide utilizing unskilled labor.

Filed under Good Idea, Environmental Health / Environmental Justice, Racial/Ethnic Minorities, Urban

Goal: The goal of the Environmental Health Leadership Training is to inform and empower the predominately low income people of three urban communities in Northern Manhattan (Central Harlem, West Harlem, and Washington Heights) to improve their capacity to organize for community environmental health and justice in New York City. The long term goal of these efforts is to help intervene and reduce exposure to environmental toxicants which are adversely affecting the health of disadvantaged, medically underserved, predominantly African American and Latino populations in Northern Manhattan.

Filed under Effective Practice, Education / Literacy, Children, Teens

Goal: The mission of Family Place Libraries™ is to increase the capacity of libraries throughout the nation to recognize and realize their full potential as community hubs for healthy child and family development, parent and community involvement and lifelong learning beginning at birth.

Filed under Effective Practice, Environmental Health / Toxins & Contaminants

Goal: The goal of this program was to reduce energy and water consumption, improve efficiency, and save money.

Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Health Care Access & Quality, Children

Goal: The Florida Healthy Kids Corporation arranges health care coverage for Florida's uninsured children. They develop and implement solutions, making quality a priority at every step in the process. They strive to instill a sense of security among the families of those they serve.

Filed under Good Idea, Health / Older Adults, Older Adults

Goal: The goal of this tool is to improve patient care for older adults by helping nurses to evaluate common conditions.

Filed under Good Idea, Health / Older Adults, Older Adults, Urban

Goal: The goal of the Geriatrics Initiative is to make healthcare more accessible and of higher quality for the elderly population served by Charleston Area Medical Center.

Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Older Adults, Older Adults

Goal: The goal of the GRACE model is to increase quality of care for low-income seniors.

Impact: The GRACE model has been shown to improve quality of care and health outcomes in low-income seniors.

Filed under Evidence-Based Practice, Health / Family Planning, Teens

Goal: The goal of this program is to decrease pregnancy in adolescent and teenage girls.

Impact: Those who participated in one or more program components were significantly less likely to experience pregnancy than nonparticipants (5.9% vs 12.3%). Those who participated in two or more program components were significantly less likely to engage in sexual intercourse without birth control than those who participated in only a single program component (8.9% vs 20.6%).