Health Leads' Rebecca Onie Awarded 2011 Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship
March 31, 2011 | Story
Founder Named One Of Four Recipients
Cultural, Gender, Racial, Religious and Ethnic Barriers
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Faith-Based Coalitions to Combat Childhood Obesity
January 11, 2009 | News Release
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation awards $4.8 million to groups nationwide.
El Paso's Hispanic Health Needs Assessed in First Phase of National Program to Reduce Sociocultural Barriers to Care
July 1, 1999 | Program Result
Centro de Salud Familiar La Fe participated in the Hispanic Health Needs Assessment during the first year of the program.
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.
Opening Doors: A Program to Reduce Sociocultural Barriers to Health Care
December 1, 1998 | Program Result
One of the most significant changes affecting health care in the United States is the increasing racial and ethnic diversity of the population.
Forward Promise
September 17, 2012 | National Program
Forward Promise is a new initiative focused on improving the health and success of middle- and high-school-aged boys and young men of color.
Philadelphia Study: Language, Transportation Difficulties Get in Way of Health Care for Chinese and Vietnamese Immigrant Children and Families
December 1, 2006 | Program Result
From January to December 2004, Philadelphia Citizens for Children and Youth explored the barriers that Vietnamese and Chinese immigrant children face in obtaining health care.
1999 Conference Explores how Socioeconomic Status and Wealth Impact Health
January 1, 2001 | Program Result
In 1999, the New York Academy of Sciences, New York, conducted a conference entitled, Socioeconomic Status and Health in Industrial Nations: Social, Psychological, and Biological Pathways.
Low Income, Not Race or Lifestyle, Is the Greatest Threat to Health
January 31, 2001 | Program Result
David R. Williams, PhD, MPH, professor of sociology at the University of Michigan Institute for Social Research, Ann Arbor, Mich., studied the relationship between socioeconomic status (SES) and health.
Finding Answers Solving Disparities
December 1, 2011 | Report
This report presents an overview of Finding Answers and highlights some programs that are leading the way toward reducing racial and ethnic disparities in their communities.