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.
Access and Barriers to Care
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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
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.
Nonfinancial Barriers and Access to Care for US Adults
August 22, 2011 | Journal Article
Nonfinancial barriers—rather than affordability issues—are the most common reasons why adults do not get the health care they need.
Massachusetts' Health Care Reform Increased Access to Care for Hispanics, but Disparities Remain
August 1, 2011 | Journal Article
Dharma Cortés, and fellow researchers, found that rates of coverage increased dramatically for Hispanics in Massachusetts after the state's reforms, but disparities remain.
Factors Associated with Trauma Center Use for Elderly Patients with Trauma
May 1, 2011 | Journal Article
Older injured patients are much less likely than younger ones to be admitted to a trauma center for care.
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 ...
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 ...
Playing Fair
December 1, 2010 | Journal Article
Fairness considerations play a big part in public opinion?and support?of government providing health insurance.