The Vulnerable Populations portfolio creates new opportunities for better health by investing in health where it starts -- in our homes, schools and jobs.
At-risk and vulnerable people
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Father Absence and Child Well-Being
October 1, 2002 | Report
A Critical Review.
Fresh Ideas: Improving the Health of Immigrant and Refugee Communities
June 13, 2013 | Program Results Report
Fresh Ideas was a targeted solicitation for proposals that aimed to give immigrants and refugees the tools and support they need to improve and maintain their own health.
Kids Kicking Cancer
January 1, 2012 | Toolkit
The mission of Kids Kicking Cancer is to ease the pain of very sick children while empowering them to heal physically, spiritually and emotionally. Their goal is to create a replicable template for to children's hospitals and communities throughout the world linking children with support from caring, well trained and motivated professionals and volunteers.
Raising the Flag for Community Health Workers
January 26, 2010 | Program Results Report
From 2006 to 2009, staff members at the Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, worked to raise the profile and influence of community health workers in the health care system and among policy-makers.
Improving the Health of Babies Born in Baltimore Through a Leadership Development Program
August 27, 2009 | Program Results Report
Babies Born Healthy Leadership in Action Program sought to improve birth outcomes in Baltimore and helped actual and potential leaders develop leadership skills while working together on the problem of infant mortality.
Kevin B. Johnson, MD
November 6, 2006 | Story
When pediatrician Kevin Johnson, M.D., talks to a young patient, there is no chart in his hands. There is a desktop workstation in front of him and the child.
Developing Insights into Disparities
November 1, 2007 | Story
Race and ethnicity affects how patients and their physicians interact and can impact health outcomes.
Shady Grove Adventist Hospital
September 1, 2006 | Toolkit
The mandatory bed huddle sessions include team members from throughout the hospital, including Emergency Department (ED) personnel, senior hospital administrators, in-patient nursing supervisors, and housekeeping staff.
High Turnover of Staff and Residents Challenges Health Advocacy Efforts in a Baltimore Community
September 1, 2006 | Program Results Report
Trained community health advocates conducted outreach efforts with residents of Sandtown-Winchester, a 72-block low-income neighborhood of Baltimore, to help them gain access to health insurance and needed services.
Ten States Test Strategy for Evaluating Self-Management of Services by Elderly
June 22, 2004 | Program Results Report
The National Association of State Units on Aging designed and tested a tool and process that allow states the opportunity to evaluate the extent to which they offer consumers opportunities to make choices and direct their own health care and support services.