June 1, 2000
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Program Result
The University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey examined why people use hospital emergency departments for medically nonurgent situations - a situation that occurs in as many as two-thirds of pediatric visits to emergency departments.
December 1, 2011
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Program Result
Community Oriented Correctional Health Services expanded its juvenile offender program to an additional site and negotiated for a third. The program connects juvenile offenders with health services during and after detention.
March 1, 2000
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Program Result
A partnership in Madison, Wis., established a formal link between the South Madison Health and Family Center and area neighborhood schools to test a model of health care delivery.
February 1, 2009
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Journal Article
Adding home health visits by community health workers for families already receiving in-clinic support from asthma nurses, gives their asthmatic children 24 more symptom-free days per year on average and also modestly improves quality of life for caregivers.
July 30, 2009
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Program Result
Investigators conducted two waves of a study of local mental health advocacy organizations that support families of children and adolescents with mental health needs.
August 1, 2003
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Program Result
Children's Hospital in Boston planned and implemented the Pediatric Alliance for Coordinated Care, a clinical service delivery model that facilitates coordinated, community-based, family-centered care for children.
February 1, 2002
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Program Result
Community Access to Child Health (CATCH) began as a program funded by the RWJF designed to encourage pediatricians to work locally to improve access to health care for children.
April 1, 2001
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Program Result
Starting in October 1995, Temple University Hospital expanded a pilot program to address infant mortality in North Philadelphia and provide a full range of primary care and preventive services.
September 1, 2001
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Program Result
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center planned and implemented a comprehensive, coordinated service system to address the medical and social needs of chronically ill children and their families in New Hampshire.