Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Menu
  • About RWJF
  • Our Work
  • Research & Publications
View All:
  • Grants
  • Topics
  • Blogs

Topics

Access and Barriers to Care

You are now viewing 1 - 10 of 165 results

Sort results by:
  • Relevance
  • Alphabetical Order
  • Publication Date

Refine Your Results

  • Topic: Access and barriers to care
  • Program: Human Capital
By Topic
  • Health policy (55)
  • Disparities (49)
  • Barriers to Care: cultural, gender and racial (42)
  • Medically underserved areas (42)
  • Health care delivery system (32)
  • Physicians (28)
  • Nurses (27)
  • Quality of care (23)
  • Primary care (22)
  • Shortage of medical or nursing personnel (22)
  • Medical, dental and nursing workforce (21)
  • Dental care (20)
  • Poor and economically disadvantaged (19)
  • Work environment (16)
  • Research (13)
By Content
  • Content Type
    • Story (62)
    • Journal Article (55)
    • Blog Post (29)
    • Program Results Report (6)
    • Report (4)
    • News Release (3)
    • Book (2)
    • Commentary (1)
    • Grantee (1)
    • Issue Brief (1)
    • National Program (1)
  • Program Area
    • Quality/Equality (18)
    • Vulnerable Populations (4)
    • Childhood Obesity (2)
    • Coverage (1)
    • Public Health (1)
By Demographics
  • Age
    • Children (0-5 years) (6)
    • Children (6-10 years) (5)
    • Adolescents (11-18 years) (5)
    • Adults (19-64 years) (1)
    • Seniors (65+) (1)
  • Gender
    • Women and girls (20)
    • Men and boys (19)
  • Race/Ethnicity
    • Black (incl. African American) (31)
    • Latino or Hispanic (15)
    • American Indian (incl. Alaska Native) (6)
    • Asian/Pacific Islander (2)
  • Location
    • National (38)
    • Rural (11)
  • States and Territories
    • California (CA) P (12)
    • Illinois (IL) ENC (5)
    • Alabama (AL) ESC (4)
    • Massachusetts (MA) NE (4)
    • Maryland (MD) SA (3)
    • New York (NY) MA (3)
    • Washington (WA) P (3)
    • Kansas (KS) WNC (2)
    • Louisiana (LA) WSC (2)
    • Oregon (OR) P (2)
    • North Carolina (NC) SA (2)
    • New Jersey (NJ) NJ (2)
    • Nevada (NV) M (2)
    • Ohio (OH) ENC (2)
    • Alaska (AK) P (1)

The History of Debates Over the Right to Medical Care in the United States

July 24, 2013 | Program Results Report

With her Investigator Award in Health Policy Research, Beatrix Hoffman, PhD, an historian, researched the history of the debate on the right to medical treatment, and how that debate has affected policy and practice.

U.S. Needs Primary Prevention, Especially for the Poor and Underserved

August 14, 2013 | Human Capital Blog Post

Health care coverage is the fiduciary responsibility of a country to its citizens, and should be provided, first through primary prevention modalities, most especially to the poor and underserved.

Right, Privilege—or Tragedy of the Commons?

August 13, 2013 | Human Capital Blog Post

Some individuals get to optimize their health while others are denied such opportunities; inefficiencies, inequities, and persistent disparities result. It seems that the U.S. health care system has many aspects of a "tragedy of the commons."

Medical Innovation Should Not Overshadow Primary Care

August 9, 2013 | Human Capital Blog Post

"The bells and whistles of modern medicine have distracted us from the need to extend access to the basic, life-saving foundation of primary care which has, to date, remained a privilege in the United States," Vickery writes.

Changing Policies and the Physical Environment So Children and Families Can Eat Well and Move More

February 14, 2012 | Story

A profile of Sarah Strunk, MHA, director of Healthy Kids, Healthy Communities.

Defining and Promoting Positive Youth Development

January 24, 2012 | Story

Travis built his New Connections research project on a data set from the 1997–2002 evaluation of the Health Link Program.

Analyzing How Different Patient Groups Respond to Questions About Their Health Care

January 24, 2012 | Story

Rodriguez investigated the degree of differential item functioning on the Clinician & Group Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CG-CAHPS) survey.

The Problem of Limited Access for the Uninsured and Underinsured May Not Be So Bleak

October 18, 2011 | Human Capital Blog Post

We employed a case report approach to analyze the process by which CBPR was applied to the implementation of Project Access. This was important for two reasons: one was the realization that, as with all program interventions, the impact of this navi ...

Expanding the Safety-Net of Specialty Care for the Uninsured

October 18, 2011 | Journal Article

Project Access–New Haven used the principles of community-based participatory research to increase specialty care for vulnerable Latinos

Nonfinancial Barriers to Care

September 2, 2011 | Human Capital Blog Post

In a new study, RWJF Clinical Scholar Jeffrey T. Kullgren, M.D., M.S., M.P.H., and colleagues find that more U.S. adults postpone or go without medical care for nonfinancial reasons than for financial reasons. These barriers, such as inability to fi ...

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 17
  • Next
RWJF Home → Topics → Access and Barriers to Care
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • YouTube
  • Email
  • RSS

Our mission: to improve the health and health care of all Americans.

  • About RWJF
    • Our Mission
    • Program Areas
    • From Our President
    • Leadership & Staff
    • Annual Reports
    • Newsroom
    • Job Opportunities
    • Office Location
    • Our Policies
  • Our Work
    • Health Policy
    • Prevention
    • Cost and Value
    • Leadership
    • All Topics
  • Program Areas
    • Childhood Obesity
    • Coverage
    • Human Capital
    • Pioneer
    • Public Health
    • Quality/Equality
    • Vulnerable Populations
  • Research & Publications
    • Find RWJF Research
    • Assessing Our Impact
    • How We Work
    • Data Center
    • RWJF DataHub
  • Grants
    • What We Fund
    • Calls for Proposals
    • Grantee Resources
    • FAQs
  • Blogs
    • Culture of Health
    • Human Capital
    • New Public Health
    • Pioneering Ideas
  • My RWJF
    • Subscription Management
    • My Profile
  • Contact RWJF
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms and Conditions

© 2001–2013 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. All Rights Reserved.