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Enhancing Cultural Competence

November 20, 2011 | Story

Projects in Brooklyn, N.Y., Chicago and Los Angeles developed culturally competent school-connected mental health services for immigrants and refugees under Caring Across Communities: Addressing Mental Health Needs of Diverse Children and Youth.

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.

Former Foster Child Provides Family-Focused Mental Health Services to the Underserved

October 8, 2009 | Story

Satira Streeter, is being honored for her efforts to deliver culturally relevant, family-focused mental health services to children and families living in the historically impoverished area of Anacostia and surrounding communities.

Culturally Sensitive Counseling, in and Out of Jail, Shows Promise in Navajo Area

January 1, 2003 | Program Result

Investigators at the University of New Mexico (UNM) studied the effectiveness of the San Juan County DWI Facility to deter drunken driving in San Juan County, N.M.

Chicago Mental Health Center Uses Proyecto HEAL Model to Enhance Its Youth Leadership Program

July 1, 1999 | Program Result

The Pilsen-Little Village Community Mental Health Center developed and implemented community-based interventions that would address sociocultural barriers to health care for Hispanic Americans in Chicago's Near South/West Side.

What Language Services Mean to Patients

April 6, 2011 | Program Result

"We would never have gotten this information if the doctor had just gone in with broken Spanish," said Beth Ebel, M.D. "Often you don't know what you're getting into with medicine. If you don't know the nuances of the situation it can be a problem."

Speaking Together: National Language Services Network

National Program

This program, the first of its kind to integrate quality improvement techniques with hospital-based language services.

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.

Fresh Ideas: Improving the Health of Immigrant and Refugee Communities

June 27, 2011 | Program Result

Fresh Ideas was a targeted solicitation for proposals that aimed to give immigrants and refugees the tools and support they need to improve and maintain their own health.

Dartmouth Atlas Project

April 18, 2011 | Program Result

The overarching objective of the Dartmouth Atlas is to report local and regional variation in the performance of U.S. health care to policymakers and health systems and to provide interpretation of unwarranted variation that can guide policy.

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