November 19, 2012
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RWJF's Dental Pipeline Program helped dental schools increase access to dental care for underserved populations through expanded community-based education and recruitment of underrepresented minority and low-income students.
May 16, 2012
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The Gateway Institute developed and launched a model to educate and prepare low-income New York City high school students for careers in the health professions, in partnership with a high school, a public hospital, and three public colleges.
April 27, 2011
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Better Jobs Better Care supported changes in long-term-care policy and provider practices to reduce high vacancy and turnover rates among the paraprofessionals who provide direct care to older adults and to improve the quality of that care.
April 25, 2011
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The Oregon Works! project of Better Jobs Better Care aimed to improve recruitment and retention of direct-care workers at eight participating long-term-care sites. The union representing the state's independent home-care workers also participated.
April 25, 2011
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"We made sure we developed both centralized and individualized curricula that addressed the needs expressed by each participating site" in the Vermont Better Jobs, Better Care project, said the project director.
April 25, 2011
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The lead agency for the 40-member Pennsylvania coalition for the Better Jobs Better Care project divided the state into five regions in order to provide a local focus on long-term care worker issues in the large state.
April 25, 2011
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The Iowa Better Jobs, Better Care project involved a 20-member coalition and 13 long-term-care nursing facilities and home care agencies in developing, implementing and evaluating the practice interventions.
April 25, 2010
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North Carolina Foundation for Advanced Health Programs created a voluntary, special state license to recognize long-term-care providers who offered a supportive workplace for their direct-care staff. The project was part of Better Jobs Better Care.
October 8, 2009
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Like many Latino children, Esther Lopez, D.D.S., M.P.H., served as her parents' primary translator at their many doctor visits.
October 8, 2009
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Leah Tate, DDS, grew up in Columbus, Ohio, and was an undergraduate biology major at Spelman College.
