RWJF Scholar Pioneers Innovative Program to Help Low-Income Elderly Age at Home
April 8, 2013 | Story
Nurse Faculty Scholar puts ‘handymen’ to work turning older people’s homes into safe, healthy environments.
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Nurse Practitioners and the Primary Care Shortage
March 20, 2013 | Human Capital Blog Post
A new report examines the scope-of-practice laws and payment policies that affect how and to what extent nurse practitioners can provide primary care.
Nigerian Nurse Helps African Immigrants Battle Breast Cancer
October 17, 2012 | News Release
RWJF honors Ifeanyi Anne Nwabukwu, RN, BSN, with a 2012 Community Health Leaders Award.
Project L/EARN: Graduates Reflect
August 21, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
HCB: What aspect of the Project L/EARN internship has been most helpful and why? Anane: The most helpful aspect for me has been the small classroom setting with basically one-on-one help. I took a biostatistics course at school and it was a huge cla ...
Mindfulness and Yoga for Disadvantaged Urban Youth
June 11, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
With that in mind, five years ago I began working with a team of researchers from Johns Hopkins and Penn State to explore what a yoga program might do for kids. We began working with the Holistic Life Foundation (HLF) in Baltimore, Md., a small nonp ...
New Grant Helps Spread Word about How Nurses Can Help Elderly Function Independently
June 28, 2011 | Story
INQRI-funded study on using nurse leadership to help ensure adoption of "function focused care" will be disseminated to 20 Baltimore-area assisted living facilities.
Raising the Flag for Community Health Workers
January 26, 2010 | Program Result
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 Result
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.
Preventing Youth Injuries Caused by Violence
July 14, 2009 | Story
"The support of this [Generalist Physician Faculty Scholars] program clearly influenced my ability to focus on a generalist career and build a well-funded applied-research program," said Cheng.
Getting Rid of the Poisonous Effects of Lead in Children's Homes
March 9, 2009 | Story
Thousands of Baltimore children were exposed to - and poisoned by - lead in their own homes, but cleaning up conditions meant taking on landlords with lots of political clout.