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The Vulnerable Populations portfolio creates new opportunities for better health by investing in health where it starts -- in our homes, schools and jobs.

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Dental Pipeline Program Graduate Combines Her Two Interests

October 8, 2009 | Program Result

Like many Latino children, Esther Lopez, D.D.S., M.P.H., served as her parents' primary translator at their many doctor visits.

Evaluation of Baltimore's Safe Streets Program

January 11, 2012 | Report

By building trusting relationships, diffusing sources of conflict, and changing social norms surrounding gun use, CeaseFire has shown a significant reduction in gun violence for program participants.

Pipeline, Profession & Practice: Community-Based Dental Education

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.

Joe DiCara, MD, MPH

February 28, 2002 | Story

"Being a volunteer tests you, to see if you really can make a difference and if you really want to do it - because you do have to make sacrifices."

Caring Across Communities: Addressing Mental Health Needs of Diverse Children and Youth

November 21, 2011 | Program Result

Caring Across Communities: Addressing Mental Health Needs of Diverse Children and Youth brought school-connected mental health services to immigrants and refugees in 15 communities in eight states by developing model mental health programs.

Stop Shooting. Keep Talking. Start Living.

January 1, 2009 | Report

This is the story of CeaseFire, the one program that stops the shooting, keeps people talking, and brings the hope of health and well-being to communities ravaged by the disease of violence.

Functional Impairment in Youth Three Years after Detention

June 1, 2009 | Journal Article

This study investigated the behavioral patterns of young people three and a half years after they had been detained at the Cook County Juvenile Detention Center (CCJDC) in Chicago. Researchers employed a functional impairment rating that assessed eight behavioral domains.

Community Organizing to Expand Access to Healthy Food and Safe Places to Play

October 1, 2009 | Program Result

A group of leaders in public health, healthcare, research, government, and community advocacy and programming launched the Consortium to Lower Obesity in Chicago Children.

The Chicago Project for Violence Prevention

January 1, 2005 | Book

This chapter examines The Chicago Project for Violence Prevention funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation as part of the Local Initiative Funding Partners Program.

Summer in the City

March 1, 2002 | Program Result

Duke University supported four premedical students to work as summer interns in community-based health clinics across the country.

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