This brief presents findings from research on equitable access to early care and education (ECE) supports conducted by 11 grantees of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Equity-Focused Policy Research grant program.
People with low incomes have poorer health outcomes, including greater risk for disease and shorter lifespans. This pattern has the least favorable outcomes for those living in poverty but is present at every level of the income ladder.
As the policy recommendation suggests, the workplace is an important setting for promoting health and wellness because workers typically spend a third of their day in the workplace, five days a week.
The goal of Advancing Healthy Lifestyles (AHL) is to reduce obesity and other chronic conditions to achieve health equity among all Delaware residents.
This report synthesizes findings from several data sources to provide a comprehensive view of activities and progress during the first year of the Collaboration.
In this report, we present a framework for developing evidence-building plans and describe the experiences of evaluation leaders from seven agencies who delivered presentations in the HHS ASPE-sponsored webinar series from July to August 2019.
In this formative study of Colorado families, participants confirmed barriers to physical activity that previous research on low-income communities has documented, and these varied by geographic location.
In this study of low-income families throughout Colorado, we learned that the majority of children are participating in some organized physical activities, and that most parents understand and value the benefits of regular physical activity for their children’s health and well-being.
Using survey data collected from coordinated community responses (CCRs), which are community coalitions funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Domestic Violence Prevention Enhancements and Leadership Through Alliances (DELTA) Program, this article reports on improvements in internal...
This report details how Head Start—the largest federally funded early childhood education program in the U.S. that reaches one million children—uses a multilevel approach to prevent childhood obesity that involves staff, parents, and community partners.
This report presents findings from the two-year implementation evaluation of the "I am Moving, I am Learning (IM/IL)" enhancements in Head Start Region III to address childhood obesity.
This study describes obesity prevention practices and environments in Head Start, the largest federally funded early childhood education initiative in the United States. Most programs reported doing more to support healthy eating and physical activity than federal performance standards require.
I Am Moving, I Am Learning is a Head Start program enhancement for integrating obesity prevention activities into daily practices.
Developed for state Medicaid directors, policymakers, researchers, and others interested in the Medicaid program, the chartbook is a research tool and reference guide on Medicaid enrollees and their Medicaid experience in 2002.
The Head Start “I Am Moving, I Am Learning” initiative aims to prevent childhood obesity by increasing the time children spend in physical activity, improving the quality of these activities, and promoting healthy food choices.