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August 1, 2012 | Journal Article
As the number of children living in poverty has increased steadily over the past decade, Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) have enrolled millions of additional youths. Federal and state governments jointly finance both prog ...
August 2, 2010 | Story
Campaign is latest effort by Hugh "Trey" Daly III, a legal aid attorney in southwest Ohio, to expand access to health care for low-income children and families.
July 8, 2011 | Human Capital Blog Post
A newly released study from the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) finds that children enrolled in Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) have a much harder time obtaining care from medical specialists than do children ...
November 19, 2012 | Program Result
RWJF's Dental Pipeline Program helped dental schools increase access to dental care for underserved populations through expanded community-based education and recruitment of underrepresented minority and low-income students.
August 22, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
RWJF and The Alliance for Health Reform sponsored a briefing to discuss oral health care in the United States, particularly for children and other vulnerable populations.
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 ...
May 1, 2011 | Journal Article
An evaluation of the Pipeline program's impact on dental school seniors' public service plans found that while overall the program lacked significant impact, students' access to loan repayment programs was the most significant predictor of their plans for public service.
February 1, 2011 | Journal Article
Altruism, a selfless concern for the welfare of others, determines whether dentists are willing to serve disadvantaged populations. This study examined demographic characteristics that influence altruism among dental students the authors evaluated the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Dental Pipeline Program.
January 1, 2011 | Journal Article
The Pipeline program significantly increased senior dental students' selection of extramural community rotations.
October 1, 2010 | Journal Article
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the California Endowment contracted nationally recognized health services researchers from UCLA to perform a rigorous evaluation of the Pipeline, Profession, and Practice: Community-Based Dental Education program. This preface describes the Dental Pipeline program.