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Advancing Measurement of Equity and Patient-Centered Care to Improve Health Care Quality

January 12, 2012 | Program Result

Advancing Measurement of Equity and Patient-Centered Care to Improve Health Care Quality was a targeted solicitation for proposals to expand understanding of how to make health care both more patient-centered and more equitable.

After Katrina - Combating Mental Illness

April 15, 2011 | Program Result

From 2007 to 2010, the Rapid Evaluation and Action for Community Health in New Orleans, Louisiana (REACH NOLA) tackled the city's mental health crisis through its Health and Resilience Project.

Albuquerque Proyecto HEAL Project Expands Health Education to Youth and Families

July 1, 1999 | Program Result

Youth Development, Inc. implemented Proyecto HEAL by conducting youth health education and leadership classes in collaboration with local schools, providing Strengthening Families training to parents, and conducting community health education.

A Partnership of Two NYC Hospitals Trained Providers to Offer End-of-Life Care for Minority Populations in Harlem

October 17, 2008 | Program Result

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and North General Hospital trained physicians to provide culturally sensitive palliative and hospice care to underserved, minority populations and to provide such care to residents of Harlem and other communities.

A Practical Guide to Informed Consent

April 1, 2009 | Toolkit

The More Than Words Toolkit Series clarifies the translation process and provides a roadmap to help health care organizations improve the quality of their translated materials in order to get better results.

Assessing Translation

April 1, 2009 | Toolkit

The More Than Words Toolkit Series clarifies the translation process and provides a roadmap to help health care organizations improve the quality of their translated materials in order to get better results.

Assessing Trends in Practice Demographics of Underrepresented Minority Pediatricians, 1993-2007

March 1, 2010 | Journal Article

Underrepresented minority pediatricians continue to disproportionately care for minority and poor children in the United States, according to this longitudinal assessment. This underlines the need for policies and programs which encourage minority college students to become pediatricians.

A Strategy for Improving Health Disparities Education in Medicine

May 1, 2010 | Journal Article

The Society of General Internal Medicine's Health Disparities Curriculum is found to be an effective tool in the effort to develop health care providers who are both committed and prepared to eliminate disparities in health care quality.

Beyond the Cathedral

October 1, 2009 | Journal Article

The Center for Minority Health (CMH) at the University of Pittsburgh has developed sustainable public health interventions for the African-American community in Pittsburgh. Through one program, African-American owned barbershops and beauty salons began providing vital health services and information.

Brooklyn Proyecto HEAL Project Promotes Culturally Friendly Child Health Care and Teen Health Education

July 1, 1999 | Program Result

The Puerto Rican Family Institute implemented Proyecto HEAL through its Bushwick Child Placement Prevention Program, which serves more than 300 children in Brooklyn.

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