Award Year / Program / Phase:1997 / SBIR / Phase I
Agency:HHS
Principal Investigator:Toborg, mary a
Award Amount:$100,000.00
Abstract:
This project will use the World Wide Web as a gateway to educating urban adolescents regarding cancer prevention. Adolescent lifestyle decisions concerning smoking, diet, and exercise effect the risks of contracting cancer as an adult. Interactive multimedia designs, including serial fiction… More
Award Year / Program / Phase:2001 / SBIR / Phase I
Agency:HHS
Principal Investigator:Mary A. Toborg
Award Amount:$126,723.00
Abstract:
DESCRIPTION: Five hundred thirty-four counties in 18 states are home to 29,497,852 persons and grow tobacco. Data indicate youth in these areas use tobacco earlier and use it more frequently. Tobacco communities have a unique perspective based on the cultural, social, and economic import of… More
DESCRIPTION (provided by investigator): This project will develop health
education materials for an Appalachian Community Kit for Alcohol Prevention.
Materials will reflect the unique culture of Appalachia. The Kit will contain
three components developmentally suited to the prevention needs of… More
DESCRIPTION (provided by investigator): This project will develop health
education materials for an Appalachian Community Kit for Alcohol Prevention.
Materials will reflect the unique culture of Appalachia. The Kit will contain
three components developmentally suited to the prevention needs of… More
DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant):
Five hundred thirty-four counties in 18 states are home to 29,497,852 persons and grow tobacco. Data indicate youth in these areas use tobacco earlier and use it more frequently. Tobacco communities have a unique perspective based on the cultural, social, and… More
DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant):
Five hundred thirty-four counties in 18 states are home to 29,497,852 persons and grow tobacco. Data indicate youth in these areas use tobacco earlier and use it more frequently. Tobacco communities have a unique perspective based on the cultural, social, and… More
DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Death comes to each of us. More and more, Americans reach the end of their lives in institutions. As the cost of nursing escalates, facilities that care for the dying increasingly turn to less expensive, and often untrained, nurses' aides (NAs) to provide for the… More
DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Death comes to each of us. More and more, Americans reach the end of their lives in institutions. As the cost of nursing escalates, facilities that care for the dying increasingly turn to less expensive, and often untrained, nurses aides (NAs) to provide for the… More
DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This project will develop prototypes of health materials for a Community Kit for Cardiovascular Health that is congruent with the unique culture of Appalachia, a region where one in 12 Americans lives. There is evidence of excessively high patterns of… More