Media

The Clarksdale Press Register - February 22, 2007
'Under the Roof' Debuts at Madidi
The Dreyfus Health Foundation, the Rock River Foundation, Getty Images and the Delta Blues Museum have joined together to offer a unique fundraising opportunity on behalf of DHF's Problem Solving for Better Health initiatives in the Mississippi Delta.

The Clarksdale Press Register - September 20, 2006
DHF Sponsors Grant Workshop
For the fourth year, residents of Clarksdale and the surrounding area will be eligible for consideration of public service project grants aimed at improving health and quality of life in their communities.

World News Network - March 2, 2006
Problem Solving for Better Health Program in Malawi by Robert Carraro
Dreyfus Health Foundation Receives $290,000 Grant from the W. K. Kellogg Foundation to Launch Problem Solving for Better Health Program in Malawi.

The Clarksdale Press Register - April 29, 2005
Teens display their photographic flair by David Owens
You wouldn't know it by looking but a photography exhibit currently on display at the Clarksdale Visitor's Station was done by teenagers.

The Clarksdale Press Register - April 9, 2005
Effort mounted to reclaim neighborhood by David Owens
The Clarksdale crime rate has decreased dramatically since Project Safe Neighborhoods began in May 2002. But, crime is still something many are concerned about including graduate student Alkie Edwards.

Promotion & Education: International Journal of Health Promotion & Education
Special Edition 3, 2005
Network of communities in the fight against AIDS: local actions to address health inequities and promote health in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil by Katia Edmundo, Wanda Guimaraes, Maria do Socorro Vasconcelos, Ana Paula Baptista, and Daniel Becker.
The Center for Health Promotion (CEDAPS) mobilized 55 favelas to raise awareness of health rights of the residents and to initiate local HIV/AIDS prevention action plans using Problem Solving for Better Health^® methodology.

Promotion & Education: International Journal of Health Promotion & Education
Vol. XII, No. 3-4, 2005
Problem Solving for Better Health^® (PSBH^®) and health promoting schools: participatory planning and local action in the Rio de Janeiro programme by Daniel Becker, Katia Edmundo, Daniella Bonatto, Geisa Ferreira do Nascimento, and Carlos Santos Silva.
The Center for Health Promotion (CEDAPS), in partnership with the School Health Program of the Municipal Secretariat of Health, generated local action to promote health in 120 schools, which directly benefited approximately 12,000 students, 1,200 teachers, and 6,000 families and strengthened the Health Promoting Schools network in Rio de Janeiro.

The Clarksdale Press Register - July 6, 2004
Recovery Bookstore nearly done in Clarksdale by Robin Rushing
First in a series in conjunction with Dreyfus Health Foundation's Problem Solving for Better Health workshops in Clarksdale, construction on the area's first Recovery Bookstore is nearing completion.

The Clarksdale Press Register - April 16, 2004
Clarksdale schools to focus on health issues by David Healy
The Clarksdale School Board approved two measures on Thursday designed to improve the overall health of students in the city schools.

The Clarksdale Press Register - September 24, 2003
Dreyfus workshops to focus on improved health by Robin Rushing
When it comes to facilitating improvements in health care and quality of life, the Dreyfus Health Foundation likes to think small.