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Project HEALTH
Headquarters: Boston, MA | Founded: 1996 | www.projecthealth.org
Project HEALTH is engaging a corps of 350 dedicated undergraduate volunteers in overcoming barriers to positive health outcomes for more than 2,600 low-income families and their children each year. Project HEALTH Family Help Desks use the doctor’s office as a gateway to connect families with key government and community resources. Project HEALTH’s after-school programs provide low-income youth impacted by obesity, asthma, sickle cell disease, HIV, and diabetes with the skills and knowledge they need to care for their health.
Results
- A review of Family Help Desk cases found that between June 2006 and January 2007, 42 percent of clients requiring employment-related assistance successfully found jobs or enrolled in adult education or job-search training programs.
- In fall 2006, Girls FitNut participants reported an average 44 percent increase in the number of times they exercised in the last seven days, and a 57 percent reduction in time spent watching television.
Stories
Project HEALTH and Novartis US Foundation celebrate three years of working together to improve health and wellness for Boston children.
Social Entrepreneur
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Rebecca Onie |
