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January 25, 2013 | Program Result
Experience Corps engages older volunteers to tutor - with a focus on reading - and mentor low-income kindergarten through third-grade students. It expanded and became an independent nonprofit organization.
January 24, 2013 | Story
Ruth Murphey Parker's research has focused predominantly in two areas: medical education and health services for under-served populations.
December 1, 2012 | Journal Article
In an effort to evaluate quality improvement (QI) programs, self-reported versus externally rated measures of QI success led to different results. This study suggests that, ideally, evaluations of QI efforts should use externally rated measures.
November 19, 2012 | Program Result
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.
October 17, 2012 | News Release
RWJF honors Cristina Perez, MA, with a 2012 Community Health Leaders Award.
October 1, 2012 | Book
This is the story of the story of The Food Trust from its beginning in Philadelphia’s Reading Market to the present day. The Food Trust brings supermarkets and other healthy food outlets to underserved areas.
September 11, 2012 | Story
Susan Elster tells how an RWJF investment made it possible for Pittsburgh Regional Health Initiative (PRHI) champions to aim for continuous improvement in the pursuit of perfection.
September 7, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
Read a blog post about an initiative to identify and map automated external defibrillators (AEDs) in Philadelphia.
September 6, 2012 | Commentary/News Release/Journal Article/Story
Largest declines seen among African American boys and Hispanic girls.
September 6, 2012 | Story
Nancy Zionts, chief program officer for the Jewish Healthcare Foundation (JHF), documents the steady rise of nurse Maureen Saxon-Gioia, whose career got a boost from RWJF and JHF.