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Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Awards $5 Million to Advance Efforts Improving Health and Success of Young Men of Color
July 17, 2013 | News Release
Grants to spread impact of programs that strengthen connections to education, employment, and good health.
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.
Better Futures Minnesota Helps Turn Lives Around
April 19, 2013 | Program Results Report
Better Futures Minnesota provides an integrated package of housing, employment, health care, and community support to men with a history of substance abuse, mental illness, chronic unemployment, incarceration, and homelessness.
Making the Commitment to Turn Their Lives Around
April 19, 2013 | Program Results Report
Formerly incarcerated men, most of them Black, are drawing on the package of housing, employment and support services provided by Better Futures Minnesota in the Twin Cities to help turn their lives around. Some of the men tell their stories here.
New Users of Antipsychotic Medications Among Children Enrolled in TennCare
August 1, 2004 | Journal Article
Modest evidence from controlled clinical studies supports the use of antipsychotic medications to treat severe disruptive behaviors, such as autism and Tourette syndrome, in children and adolescents. However, the use of these drugs to treat milder b ...
Advancing Measurement of Equity and Patient-Centered Care to Improve Health Care Quality
January 12, 2012 | Program Results Report
Advancing Measurement of Equity and Patient-Centered Care to Improve Health Care Quality was a targeted solicitation for proposals to expand understanding of how to make health care both more patient-centered and more equitable.
Predictors of Employment Status Among African Americans with Sickle Cell Disease
November 1, 2010 | Journal Article
Roughly half of the population that suffers from sickle cell disease (SCD) is unemployed. This study investigated psychosocial variables (demographic, illness perception, and psychological) associated with employment status among African-Americans with SCD.
Depressive Symptoms as a Risk Factor for Disabling Back Pain in Community-Dwelling Older Persons
December 1, 2003 | Journal Article
The aim of this study was to determine whether the presence of depressive symptoms is an independent risk factor for disabling back pain in older persons.
Symposium on Health Disparities in Male Depression
November 11, 2008 | Program Results Report
State of the Art held the Symposium on Health Disparities in Male Depression to advance understanding of cultural barriers to awareness and treatment of male depression among health professionals, legislators and the general public.