Childhood Obesity Project for Residency Programs
Through a partnership with MetLife Foundation, Americans In Motion—Healthy Interventions (AIM-HI) has awarded grants of $10,000-$30,000 to family medicine residency programs to develop family-centered, community projects designed to reduce childhood obesity and promote fitness. The AAFP defines fitness as physical activity, healthy eating and emotional well-being for the entire family.
Grant Recipient Announcement
The following Family Medicine Residency programs were granted funding:
- Drexel University College of Medicine/Hahnemann University Hospital Family Medicine Residency, Philadelphia, PA
- Indiana University Health – Ball Memorial Hospital; Muncie, IN
- Loma Linda University Family and Preventive Medicine Residency, Loma Linda, CA
- Lynchburg Family Medicine Residency, Lynchburg, VA
- Northridge Family Medicine Residency, Northridge, CA
- Underwood Memorial Hospital Family Medicine Residency, Woodbury, NJ
- University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
- Waco Family Medicine Residency, Waco, TX
- York Hospital Family Medicine Residency, York, PA
Childhood Obesity Grant - Residency Project Descriptions -- Learn more about the family medicine residency projects which were awarded funding through the AIM-HI Childhood Obesity Grant.
Key Dates
The following are key dates for project deliverables:
- Grant funding period: (November 15, 2011 through November 15, 2012)
- Quarterly reports submitted to the AAFP: February 15, May 15, August 15, and November 15, 2012
- Final evaluation report submitted to the AAFP: December 31, 2012
AAFP News Now: AIM-HI Grants to Fund Childhood Obesity Projects -- Childhood obesity programs based on the fundamentals of the AAFP's Americans In Motion-Healthy Interventions, or AIM-HI, initiative are on track to be implemented in as many as 18 family medicine residency programs next year.
This project is supported by MetLife Foundation.
