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September 19, 2013 | Report
Overcoming barriers to access will require innovative use of a well-trained, non-traditional workforce using strategies that re-engage populations with a history of poor access.
September 12, 2013 | Program Results Report
The Harold Amos Medical Faculty Development Program is a long-running RWJF initiative to increase the number of faculty from historically disadvantaged backgrounds who achieve senior rank in academic medicine and dentistry.
August 26, 2013 | Program Results Report
Jose Escarce, MD, PhD, and Leo S. Morales, MD, PhD, MPH, used an Investigator Award in Health Policy Research to study the health status of Mexican immigrants and their access to health care, and co-authored five articles on their findings.
August 26, 2013 | Program Results Report
Dorothy E. Roberts, JD, professor of law, sociology, civil rights, and Africana studies at the University of Pennsylvania, wrote the book "Fatal Invention: How Science, Politics, and Big Business Re-create Race in the Twenty-first Century."
August 15, 2013 | Culture of Health Post
When patients carry racist attitudes into the health care setting along with their illnesses and injuries, how should nurses and other providers of color respond?
August 15, 2013 | Issue Brief
In the U.S., life expectancy and other health status measures vary dramatically depending on factors, such as race, gender, educational attainment, and ZIP code. This brief reviews recent research on health disparities.
July 25, 2013 | Story
Ifeanyi (Ify) Anne Nwabukwu, winner of prestigious RWJF Community Health Leader award, is working to narrow health disparities.
July 17, 2013 | News Release
Grants to spread impact of programs that strengthen connections to education, employment, and good health.
July 17, 2013 | Story/Grant
Ten organizations were selected to strengthen connections to education, employment, and good health.
July 17, 2013 | Feature
RWJF selects ten grantee organizations that excel in improving the health and success of young men of color