July 30, 2011
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A 12-week health literacy course in Lincoln, Neb., sought to teach immigrants the basic medical information and vocabulary necessary to lead healthier lives.
June 27, 2011
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Fresh Ideas was a targeted solicitation for proposals that aimed to give immigrants and refugees the tools and support they need to improve and maintain their own health.
October 8, 2010
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The Access Project, Boston, analyzed a 2007 household survey of 2,000 farmers and ranchers in seven Great Plains states to examine the cost and adequacy of their health insurance and their overall financial status.
November 18, 2009
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The participating hospitals were connected to a videoconferencing system through a new statewide communications network known as the Nebraska Statewide Telehealth Network.
May 31, 2009
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A Faith in Action project in Nebraska negotiated the tricky terrain of providing needed help to fiercely independent elders.
May 12, 2009
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In this 2006 to 2007 project, Michael A. Stoto, PhD, and a team of researchers and public health officials at RAND Corporation and elsewhere conducted case studies of five regional public health structures and then compared them.
May 13, 2008
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Turning Point: Collaborating for a New Century in Public Health defined its mission as to "transform and strengthen the public health system in the United States to make the system more effective, more community-based and more collaborative."
May 13, 2008
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In 1997, local public health departments in Nebraska served only 18 of the state's 93 counties. Local public health departments were located primarily in small rural counties and generally had few staff and limited funds, making it impossible for them to provide most essential public health services.
January 25, 2007
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The University of Nebraska College of Medicine drafted and approved a new, integrated curriculum for medical students that the school implemented in the fall of 1992.
March 1, 2005
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The Ho-Chunk Community Development Corporation, Walt Hill, Neb., drafted a white paper documenting the steps taken by the Winnebago tribe of Nebraska to create a new housing and commercial village designed to promote greater physical activity and healthy living among its residents.
