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Organization: |
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UAMS Delta Area Health Education Center |
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Location: |
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Helena-West Helena |
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Grant Year: |
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2005 |
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Grant Amount: |
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$69,154 |
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Project Description: |
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A Healthy Beginning program designed to focus intervention on expectant mothers in Phillips County. |
Outcomes
- Hired two African-American community health workers.
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Conducted three 12-week courses during the year.
Lives Affected
180 mothers attended the program.
Cost Effectiveness
Being the first generation to experience the obesity trend as children, the cost of the current obese children is not measurable except over time throughout their lives. No quantifiable benefits or cost savings were estimated at this time.
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