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Ten-Year Study Finds Increasing Racial Gaps in the Use of Major Procedures Among the Elderly

February 1, 2007 | Program Result Report

The Harvard School of Public Health and Dartmouth Medical School examined data from 29 million Medicare beneficiaries enrolled in the Medicare fee-for-service program from 1992 though 2001.

The Access Project: National Access to Care Initiative

March 8, 2007 | Program Result Report

The program's primary focus was to help more community organizations become involved in effective policy advocacy around access to care.

Study of Vital Statistics by ZIP Code Shows Health Disparities Affecting Minorities in the Treatment of Kidney and Cardiovascular Diseases

March 1, 2007 | Program Result Report

The National Minority Health Month Foundation created a minority health status database and used it to determine whether different outcomes were related to minority versus non-minority ZIP codes.

Lack of Parks and Open Space Means Less Physical Activity for Californians, California Health Interview Survey Finds

September 1, 2007 | Program Result Report

E. Richard Brown, Ph.D., led a team of researchers in fielding a new Housing and Neighborhood Environment module as part of the 2003 California Health Interview Survey (CHIS).

Memphis Medical Center (the MED) Improves Language Services for Spanish-Speaking Patients Through RWJF's Hablamos Juntos Program

October 15, 2007 | Program Result Report

From 2002 to 2006, the Regional Medical Center at Memphis, known as the MED, in Memphis, Tenn., improved and expanded language services for Spanish-speaking patients throughout the organization.

Temple University Health System in Philadelphia Improves Language Services for Spanish-Speaking Patients Through RWJF's Hablamos Juntos Program

October 16, 2007 | Program Result Report

Temple University Health System in Philadelphia developed and promoted language services for Spanish-speaking patients in all of the system's hospitals and recruited, trained and credentialed six health care interpreters.

Hablamos Juntos: Improving Patient Provider Communication for Latinos

October 16, 2007 | Program Result Report

Hablamos Juntos: Improving Patient-Provider Communication for Latinos was the first national effort to help health care organizations meet the challenge of providing language services and signage.

National Conference Identifies Tobacco-Related Health Disparities

November 1, 2007 | Program Result Report

MasiMax Resources, a health and human services consulting firm, helped plan and convene a National Conference on Tobacco and Health Disparities, December 11-15, 2002, in Tampa Bay, Fla.

Obesity, Diabetes and Violence on the Agenda at the Native American Health Care Summit

December 1, 2007 | Program Result Report

The University of Pennsylvania Schools of Nursing and Medicine and the Lenape Tribal Nation of Pennsylvania convened a multidisciplinary "Summit on Indian Health Care," June 9-11, 2005.

African-American Life Expectancy Gap Narrows But Disparities Persist

December 19, 2007 | Story

Further narrowing will require interventions that address specific conditions responsible for the remaining gap.

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