Californian Works to Keep Older Adults Safe Whether at Home or in Nursing Homes
October 17, 2012 | News Release
RWJF honors Kathi Toepel with a 2012 Community Health Leaders Award.
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Farmworkers Trained as Health Promoters Sow the Seeds of Better Health Care
January 29, 2002 | Program Result
Community Health Care in Bridgeton, N.J., developed a program to train farmworkers in Cumberland County to become lay health promoters.
Alabama Program Teaches Cosmetologists and College Students to Conduct Community-Based Health Outreach
October 1, 2004 | Program Result
Faculty in the Department of Nursing at Oakwood College in Huntsville, Ala., trained cosmetologists and others to deliver community-based health education and screening services.
Locally Recruited Lay Advisors Contribute to Community Health
October 1, 2006 | Program Result
In 1998, Freedom from Hunger, a California-based organization that addresses issues of hunger and poor nutrition, began the replication and institutionalization of a program to train lay health advisors in several Southern states.
Beatrice Clark Shelby
March 1, 2002 | Story
"People say that I lead, but mostly, I've got all these young people that work with me, that do things that make me look good. So let me just be honest. I try to give them an opportunity." - Beatrice Clark Shelby
A Faith-Led Effort to Combat Childhood Obesity in Oregon
September 9, 2011 | Program Result
Staff at Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon built and engaged two coalitions of faith communities - in Portland and Corvallis - government agencies, advocacy groups and others to improve the health of congregations and their communities.
TB Project Screens Migrant Workers in the Field and Tracks Them from State-to-State
March 1, 2007 | Program Result
The State of Florida established a system for tuberculosis testing, assessment and treatment services for its migrant farmworker population in Northeast Florida and attempted to set up the model in South Florida.