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October 1, 2004 | Program Result
Faculty in the Department of Nursing at Oakwood College in Huntsville, Ala., trained cosmetologists and others to deliver community-based health education and screening services.
November 9, 2011 | Story
Five former RWJF Health Policy Fellows report on the public health and career impact of the program in a session at the 2011 APHA Annual Meeting.
February 1, 2009 | Journal Article
Adding home health visits by community health workers for families already receiving in-clinic support from asthma nurses, gives their asthmatic children 24 more symptom-free days per year on average and also modestly improves quality of life for caregivers.
September 1, 2010 | Journal Article
Texas teachers are supportive of mandatory physical fitness testing but not all students are cooperating.
September 1, 2006 | Program Result
MEM Associates worked with subcontractors to design and pilot test a program - called the Maine Obesity Primary Prevention Project - aimed at preventing obesity among pregnant women and children under age 5.
February 11, 2010 | Story
Leaders' Link e-Newsletter: January/February 2010
April 29, 2010 | Story
Leaders' Link e-Newsletter: March/April 2010
January 1, 2003 | Program Result
From late 1997 to the end of 2000, the Esperanza Community Housing Corporation provided internships for bilingual residents of a low-income neighborhood in South Central Los Angeles who had been trained as professional community health promoters. Esperanza developed the health-promoter training program to increase access to health and health care information, and...
April 1, 2006 | Program Result
RWJF has funded the Association of American Medical Colleges to create and administer the David E. Rogers Award, which recognizes a medical school faculty member who has made major contributions to improving the health and health care of the American people.
October 8, 2010 | Program Result
In May 2009, researchers at the Center for Children and Families at the Georgetown University Health Policy Institute produced a report providing a blueprint for what children and families need from health reform.