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Delaware Mom Helps Disabled Patients Manage Routine Health Exams
November 8, 2011 | Story
2011 Community Health Leader founds an organization that helps fearful patients avoid restraint and sedation during medical and dental visits and reduces health care costs.
Scholar Fights for the Most Vulnerable Patients
March 15, 2011 | Story
People who are struggling with incurable diseases or end-of-life decisions are often targeted by those pushing miracle cures or other forms of false hope. A Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholar seeks ways to protect their interests.
Service Credit Banking
January 1, 2002 | Book
Susan Dentzer explores whether service credit banking--as demonstrated in the projects funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation--was a good idea that was badly timed or implemented, or whether it was simply a flawed idea.
Children's Health Initiatives
January 1, 2001 | Book
Given the scale of the Foundation's efforts, it is not surprising that each of the first three volumes of the Anthology included chapters examining specific children's health programs.
Students Run LA
January 1, 2006 | Book
This article highlights one of the many smaller projects funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF). Students Run LA gives at-risk students in Los Angeles the chance to compete in that city's marathon. It began as one teacher's inspiration ...
RWJF Joins Major Initiative to Aid Boys and Men of Color
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Foundation Leaders Pledge Action on Issues Facing Boys and Young Men of Color
Interfaith Volunteers Provide Caregiving to the Elderly in Huntington, W.Va.
July 1, 2002 | Program Result
The Prestera Center for Mental Health Services developed the Interfaith Volunteer Caregivers Network to provided companionship, visiting, respite care and transportation for elderly people.
Second Time Around
August 1, 2000 | Program Result
Legal Services for Prisoners with Children enabled Grandparents As Second Parents to test and to disseminate for national use a peer support program it had developed for grandparents raising their grandchildren.
A System for Spotting and Treating High-Risk Elderly Patients
December 1, 2003 | Program Result
The Legacy Good Samaritan Hospital and Medical Center refined and evaluated the Community Resource Connection, an administrative system that identified health care needs among elderly patients and linked them to appropriate services.
Investing in Boys and Young Men of Color
February 1, 2013 | Issue Brief
Policies and practices that support young men of color in their teen years can help put them on the path to lead healthy and productive lives. Young men of color face more obstacles in education, employment, and health than their white peers.