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Focus on Economic Inequality in 2013
December 26, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
This post is part of the "Health Care in 2013" series.
Housing is Health Care
January 2, 2013 | Human Capital Blog Post
This post is part of the "Health Care in 2013" series.
Health Equity: Updates from the Field
November 5, 2012 | New Public Health Post
A host of sessions focused on health equity at this year’s American Public Health Association meeting. Panel topics varied greatly, from the effects of health inequity on education outcomes to creative marketing strategies for reaching vulnerable po ...
Speaking to the Next Generation of Mental Health Professionals
October 15, 2012 | New Public Health Post
Idea Gallery is a recurring editorial series on NewPublicHealth in which guest authors provide their perspective on issues affecting public health. In this Idea Gallery, Jane Isaacs Lowe, Team Director for the Vulnerable Populations Portfolio at the ...
A Doctor Delivers Multiple Acts of Human Kindness to Homeless Women
August 3, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
An elderly woman calls to me. I’ve know her for years. She has a Section 8 apartment. She has many medical conditions, and last year was treated for breast cancer. She has fought depression since her oldest son was put in jail. She needs me t ...
Sharing Nursing's Knowledge: What's in the February Issue
March 21, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
Are you signed up to receive Sharing Nursing’s Knowledge? The monthly Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) e-newsletter will keep you up to date on the latest nursing news, research and trends. Here are descriptions of some of the stories in the Fe ...
Fifth in a Series: Advancing a Vision of Access to Quality Oral Health Care for Everyone
August 15, 2011 | Human Capital Blog Post
The process we followed was a strict, evidence based, well-informed one that included five committee meetings, one public workshop with 19 speakers, three commissioned papers, 15 external reviewers and many, many internal reviews, conversations, rew ...
Second in a Series: A Call to Action on Oral Health Care
July 28, 2011 | Human Capital Blog Post
Wellness exams for children, for instance, are a very important time to explain to parents how to care for their children’s teeth. I have a two year old, and as we went through all the check-ups during the first year the pediatrician would ask me wh ...
Expanding Access to Oral Care
July 14, 2011 | Human Capital Blog Post
The Institute of Medicine (IOM) and the National Research Council released a report Wednesday that makes a compelling and urgent case for expanding access to basic oral health care for vulnerable and underserved populations. Commissioned by the Heal ...
Improving on Success: Why the Nurse-Family Partnership Model is a Work in Progress
May 21, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
David Olds, PhD, is founder of the Nurse-Family Partnership, a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation 40th Anniversary Force Multiplier that provides maternal and early childhood health programs for at-risk, first-time mothers. He is a professor of pediatri ...