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January 1, 2008 | Journal Article
This article reviews the "immigrant advantage" that leads to lower mortality rates. Focusing on Hispanic and Asian immigrants, the authors consider disability rates, mental health concerns, and access to health care.
February 1, 2008 | Journal Article
This study examines the association between patient perceptions of patient-physician interaction and nativity status.
April 1, 2008 | Journal Article
A continued investment in nursing leadership development across all levels--executives, managers and front-line staff--is necessary in an increasingly complex and demanding work place. This article explores various leadership trends and development programs for nurses at all levels.
June 1, 2008 | Journal Article
This essay describes how nurses and nurse leaders are poorly represented in the boardrooms of health care organizations and how we need to include them more in strategic decisions, particularly around the issues of patient satisfaction and quality of care.
August 1, 2008 | Journal Article
Screening rates for cervical cancer vary between more developed and less developed countries.
September 30, 2009 | Program Result Report
From November 2006 to May 2009, investigators at the Medical College of Wisconsin helped six medical schools develop educational programs for palliative care and trained faculty at those schools to teach in the field.
May 11, 2009 | Program Result Report
Truman Medical Centers implemented three programs designed to increase educational opportunities and aid in recruitment and retention of its frontline health care workforce.
October 9, 2005 | Program Result Report
The Public Health Pipeline Program supported efforts by two education organizations from 1998 to 2003 to build the capacity of educational systems to improve science education for students in grades six through nine.
December 30, 2005 | Program Result Report
The Tobacco Etiology Research Network was a transdisciplinary research network that focused on etiology of tobacco use and dependence.
July 14, 2008 | Program Result Report
The Jewish Healthcare Foundation of Pittsburgh designed the Nurse Navigator Fellowship as a one-year pilot project to train nurses in southwestern Pennsylvania to collect and analyze data and improve patient outcomes at the point of care.