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A Story from the Pediatric Palliative Care Project

May 15, 2008 | Program Result

If all that mattered to dying children and their families was an all-expenses-paid trip to the Grand Canyon or the World Series, it would be easy enough to ease the pain of young lives prematurely foreclosed.

FOOTPRINTS: Community-Based Hospice Services for Terminally Ill Children and Their Families: Cardinal Glennon Children's Medical Center (St. Louis, Mo.)

May 15, 2008 | Program Result

SSM Cardinal Glennon Children's Medical Center and the Saint Louis University School of Medicine established FOOTPRINTS to serve children who were terminally ill and their families.

Survey Finds Barriers to Treating Childhood Obesity; July 2002 Issue of Pediatrics Publishes Results

September 5, 2008 | Program Result

The International Life Sciences Institute Center for Health Promotion published six papers on data from a survey of health care practitioners regarding the assessment and treatment of childhood obesity in a July 2002 special supplement to Pediatrics.

Follow-Up Evaluation of the Covering Kids & Families Access Initiative (CKF-AI)

January 1, 2008 | Evaluation

This evaluation was developed to learn more about the variety of access barriers that can prevent meaningful use of insurance coverage even after children and families are formally enrolled.

Covering Kids & Families Access Initiative: Final Evaluation Report

January 1, 2007 | Evaluation

This report provides formative evaluation findings from the Covering Kids & Families program. Supported by $4 million in Foundation funding, the program was carried out during 2003 – 2005 with 18 grantee organizations in 15 states.

Improving Child Health Services: Removing Categorical Barriers to Care

October 1, 1997 | Program Result

The Improving Child Health Services: Removing Categorical Barriers to Care initiative was a national program of RWJF aimed at integrating health services for children.

The Medical-Legal Partnership for Children

March 13, 2012 | Program Result

The Medical-Legal Partnership for Children brought together pediatric clinicians, social workers and lawyers at three Seattle area medical facilities to address the unmet legal needs of low-income patients and their families.

How Central Massachusetts Increased Access to Oral Health Care for Low-Income Children

February 21, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post

For instance, there are programs to educate pediatric physicians to apply fluoride varnishes, and for nurse practitioners to do oral exams and provide preventive services for young children during check-ups. HCB: What else did the Initiative include ...

The Immigrants and Refugees New Arrivals Advocacy Project

September 9, 2011 | Program Result

The Center for Children's Advocacy in Hartford, Conn., operated a medical-legal advocacy project to improve the health of new immigrant and refugee children.

Community Health Leader Wins Award for Advocacy Work

August 11, 2009 | Story

RWJF honors North Dakota mom for helping special-needs children.

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