Healthy Youth

Core Projects

2004–2009

Building Community Capacity to Prevent Underage Drinking

Determinants of Health Risk in Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Populations

Evaluating Community-Based Prevention Marketing

GirlStars Program

Health and Opportunity Partnership (HOPE)

Healthy Passages: A Community-based Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health

Partners in Action for Teen Health (Lead Peace - Plus)

Promoting Health Among African-American Boys Whose Fathers Do Not Live With Them

Quit & Fit: Improving Health Among Rural Teens

Talking Parents, Healthy Teens: Evaluation Study

1998–2004

Adolescents Benefit from Community After-School Programs

Improving Adolescent Health Through Enhanced Father-Son Relationships

GirlStars—Health Promotion Program for Boston Public Housing

Preventing Lead Poisoning Among Young Children

Unequal Opportunities for Youths in Boston to Participate in Sports and Physical Activity Programs

Worksite Program Helps Parents Promote Sexual Health Among Their Adolescents

Youth Development Strategy for Preventing Teen Pregnancy

Special Interest Projects

2006

Intervention Research on Youth Development to Prevent Teen Pregnancy

2005

Developing and Testing an Intervention to Help Parents Reduce Their Children’s Television Viewing

2004

Studying the Healthy Development of Adolescents

2002

Reducing Young Children’s Exposure to Secondhand Smoke

2001

Barriers to Fruit and Vegetable Consumption for Certain Ethnic Groups

Causes of Anemia in WIC Children, 12–35 Months

Dietary Contributions to Obesity in Adolescents

Impact of Neighborhood Design and Availability of Public Transportation on Physical Activity and Obesity Among Chicago Youths

Reducing the Risks of Heart Disease for People with Low–Income

2000

Relation Between Environment and Activity

1999

Boston Collaboration for Youth Physical Activity

Individual, Family, and Societal Factors that Influence Adolescent Health

Partnership for Youth Violence Prevention

Preventing Teen Pregnancy: Sharing Lessons Learned

Reducing Risk Behaviors Among Minority Youths

Other-funded Projects

2007–2009

Identifying Local Childhood Obesity Prevention Programs and Policies