This article found that implementing a “train-the-trainer†approach allowed community-based organizations to expand their reach in conducting a standardized health education curriculum on breast, cervical, and cardiovascular health educating more than 2,000 hard-to-reach women. The...

This article found that implementing a “train-the-trainer†approach allowed community-based organizations to expand their reach in conducting a standardized health education curriculum on breast, cervical, and cardiovascular health educating more than 2,000 hard-to-reach women. The...

Challenges remain in reducing disparities in maternal and child health outcomes. Further attention to risk factors associated with LBW (especially smoking) may help close the gaps. The life course theory suggests that improved outcomes may require longer-term investments. Healthy Start’s...

The Administration on Aging strives to improve the quality of life for older Americans, in part by providing services that allow the most vulnerable to maintain their independence and avoid institutionalization. This report documents findings from the 2005 Third National Survey of Older...

WIC provides food, nutrition education, breastfeeding support, and health care and social service referrals to nutritionally at-risk low-income pregnant women, new mothers, infants, and children through age 4. This report updates estimates of those meeting the criteria for WIC benefits from 1994...