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February 28, 2013 | New Public Health Post
A new article published by the Association of American Medical Colleges highlights the important work of medical-legal partnerships. These efforts improve the health and well-being of low-income and other vulnerable populations by addressing unmet l ...
December 20, 2012 | Program Results Report
Staff at the College of Allied Health and Nursing of Minnesota State University at Mankato created a curriculum and certification process for community health workers and advanced their role in the state's health care system.
September 19, 2005 | Program Results Report
Project staff at the Urban Institute worked with experts in the field to develop recommendations for a research and demonstration agenda to improve the recruitment and retention of frontline long-term care workers.
June 1, 2003 | Program Results Report
The Camden Development Collaborative developed a community health worker project in Camden, N.J., in conjunction with local health care providers, to improve health outcomes and create jobs.
October 1, 2003 | Program Results Report
The Connecticut State Medical Society implemented a grand rounds lecture series on addiction medicine and psychiatry, through simulcast and webcast, to 14 hospitals affiliated with the University of Connecticut and with Yale University.
September 26, 2002 | Program Results Report
The Healthy Mothers Healthy Babies Coalition - a national coalition of more than 200 organizational members representing diverse maternal and child health constituencies - held three separate national conferences on maternal and child health.
April 11, 2008 | Program Results Report
Chicago Health Connection developed and implemented a four-year pilot project that used nonmedical birth assistants known as doulas to help low-income single teen mothers in high-risk Chicago neighborhoods.
July 29, 2008 | Program Results Report
The Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium led two outreach trips of local and national dental leaders and professionals to educate them about the use of dental health aide therapists to provide dental care to rural Alaska residents.
May 31, 2007 | Program Results Report
From December 2004 to April 2006, five diverse projects explored issues that impact training and education for frontline health care workers.
December 1, 2002 | Program Results Report
Between 1997 and 2001, the Alcohol Research Information Service, a nonprofit organization in Lansing, Mich., undertook a project to increase circulation of its publications, develop a Web site and become self-sustaining.