County Health Rankings & Roadmaps
October 1, 2012 | Book
This chapter in Volume XV of To Improve Health and Health Care, explores a new and important source of data, the County Health Rankings.
Community-based Care
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The Experiences of Community Dental Clinic Directors with Dental Students and Dental School Collaborations
October 1, 2010 | Journal Article
This article presents the findings from interviews with nine directors of community dental clinics who had students rotate through their clinics as part of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's national program Pipeline, Profession, and Practice: Community-Based Dental Education.
A Special Supplement to the American Journal of Preventive Medicine Showcases Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholars Research
November 19, 2009 | Journal Article
This supplement presents the work of 14 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholar studies that were conducted as Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR).
Following the Call
November 1, 2006 | Journal Article
The recruitment and retention of well-trained, motivated health care providers in underserved communities is a longstanding problem that has led researchers and policy-makers to study providers' motivations for work among the underserved. This study ...
Community Health Leader Helps Aging American Indians Access Nursing Care
November 1, 2009 | Story
Frances Stout, R.N., helped build the first nursing home on the Tohono O'odham Reservation in southwestern Arizona... and then came out of retirement to run it.
Community Health Leader Safeguards Children's Sight
October 22, 2009 | Story
Alabama program brings preventive vision care to economically-disadvantaged toddlers.
Helping Asian Americans Fight for the Right to Quality Health Care
March 9, 2009 | Story
Few health care providers understood the languages or cultures of the Asian immigrants settling in the San Francisco Bay Area in the 1970s.
Cutting Through Red Tape to Provide Health Care Services
February 2, 2009 | Story
Poor, rural communities often are strapped for decent health care - sometimes because of sheer bureaucracy. How can private and public funds be leveraged to support excellent care in these communities?
National Competition Showcases Successful Community Strategies for Bringing Primary Care to Underserved
May 1, 2003 | Program Result
The Models That Work Campaign seeks to improve access to health care for vulnerable and underserved populations by showcasing successful models through a national competition.
Community-Based Clinics and Hospitals Key to Expanding Access to Underserved
April 1, 2002 | Program Result
From 1998 to 2000, staff at Dartmouth Medical School examined ways to strengthen community health centers and other safety-net providers who provide much of the care for the country's uninsured.