Award-Winning Community Health Practices Discovered After Katrina
August 2, 2012 | Story
A Harold Amos Scholar helps create clinic network for New Orleans’ most vulnerable citizens.
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Strategies Proposed by Healthy Kids, Healthy Communities Partnerships to Prevent Childhood Obesity
January 1, 2012 | Journal Article
Healthy Kids, Healthy Communities partnerships proposed strategies to prevent obesity similar to those newly recommended by the CDC.
Effectiveness of a Community Health Worker Intervention Among African American and Latino Adults with Type 2 Diabetes
December 1, 2011 | Journal Article
This article reports the results from a randomized controlled trial to help African Americans and Latinos with type 2 diabetes improve diabetes self-management. These populations are more likely to have poorly controlled glycemic levels than non-Latino Whites.
Voices for Change
January 4, 2011 | Report
Knowledge Asset: Voices for Change engages participants through Photovoice (photography and prose), providing opportunities for individual and group data gathering, reflection, dialogue and social action regarding neighborhood assets and issues.
Developing a Health Equity Toolbox for Health Practitioners to Advance Public Health Advocacy to Eliminate Health Disparities
January 4, 2011 | Report
Knowledge Asset: The Health Equity and Prevention Primer examines historical and current causes of inequities in health care and lays out opportunities and directions for a more equitable future.
Community Health Leader Revives Life-Saving Program for Women
June 1, 2012 | Story
Program that rescues women from substance abuse, incarceration and poverty begins again.
An RWJF Nurse Faculty Scholar Becomes a Bald Hero
April 23, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
"I told him never to underestimate the power of nurses. Just think of what we can do when we come together for the greater good." So I revised my goal to $1,500 and let everyone know that…and I passed that new goal within one hour. Then I revised my ...
Growing Your Own: Community Health Workers and Jobs to Careers
August 1, 2011 | Evaluation/Journal Article
This article presents findings from an evaluation of RWJF's Jobs to Careers: Transforming the Front Lines of Health Care initiative.
Smoothing the Transition From Hospital to Community for Older Adults in Jacksonville, Fla.
December 7, 2011 | Story
Mark LeMaire led a community partnership in Jacksonville, Fla., that placed elder care advocates in area hospitals to help discharged patients transition back to the community. The hospitals have since incorporated the program into their operations.
Effectiveness of a Barber-Based Intervention for Improving Hypertension Control in Black Men
February 28, 2011 | Journal Article
A randomized trial of a barbershop-based hypertension-control program for Black male barbershop patrons found that patron's hypertension control improved when barbers were able to conduct blood pressure checks and encourage their patrons to follow-up with physicians.