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Covering Kids & Families
May 6, 2013 | Program Result Report
The Covering Kids & Families program was designed to find, enroll and retain eligible children and adults in federal and state health care coverage programs. Statewide and local coalitions in all 50 states and the District of Columbia participated.
Using Telehealth for Mental Health
February 15, 2012 | Program Result Report
The University of Texas Medical Branch launched and ran Telemedicine for School-Based Mental Health, a project to provide mental health treatment by university-based clinicians to disadvantaged students in their school clinics in Galveston, Texas.
Carol Ann Bonds, PhD
February 28, 2002 | Story
Since winning the award, Dr. Bonds has expanded her health-related educational programs, particularly through the increased use of technology such as teleconferencing.
The Diabetes Initiative
April 19, 2010 | Program Result Report
The Diabetes Initiative and its individual projects have contributed to the expansion of diabetes self-management at the state level and nationwide.
Health-Related Quality of Life Among Mexican Americans Living in Colonias at the Texas-Mexico Border
April 1, 2008 | Journal Article
Mexican Americans living in colonias along the Texas-Mexico border comprise one of the most disadvantaged and difficult to reach minority groups in the United States. This article examines health-related quality of life (HRQL) in Hispanics, specifically living in colonias.
Houston Coalition Launches Volunteer Caregivers Initiative as Part of RWJF's Faith in Action Program
August 1, 2006 | Program Result Report
The Faith in Action Project of Houston recruited, trained and deployed volunteers to provide caregiver services to elderly people living in Houston's Independence Heights neighborhood.
University Hospital San Antonio
September 1, 2006 | Toolkit
After being triaged in the emergency department, psychiatric patients are immediately escorted to Psychiatric Emergency Services (PES).
Immigrant and Citizenship Status Affect Health Insurance Coverage and Access to Health Care Services
December 1, 2006 | Program Result Report
A team of researchers at the UCLA School of Public Health conducted a series of studies on the effects of immigrant and citizenship status on health insurance coverage and access to health care services.
Texas Hospitals Reduce Emergency Department Visits by Educating Families of Pediatric Asthma Patients
December 1, 2006 | Program Result Report
Baylor College of Medicine collected information on emergency department pediatric asthma visits and studied the impact of an intervention to educate ED pediatric asthma patients and parents in managing the disease.
National Study Looks at Seniors in Assisted Living
March 30, 2004 | Program Result Report
From 1998 to 2002, researchers at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health led by Rosalie A. Kane, D.S.W., conducted a national research study of apartment-style assisted living for seniors.