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Publicizing Health Care Services Available to Uninsured and Underserved Populations in Three Cumberland County (N.J.) Communities

November 24, 2008 | Program Result Report

Health care providers and agencies in Bridgeton, N.J., launched the Mayor's Campaign for Healthier Bridgeton, a collaborative outreach effort to publicize health care services offered to the city's uninsured and underserved populations.

Maine Seeks to Provide Rural Health Care Services Despite Rough Weather and Terrain

March 1, 2000 | Program Result Report

In 1993 and 1994, Maine developed a five-part strategy to improve the distribution of primary care providers in underserved areas.

Arkansas Addresses its Large Population Living in Medically Underserved Areas

March 1, 2000 | Program Result Report

The State of Arkansas Department of Health sought to develop the Arkansas Primary Care Access Project, in which primary care group practices would serve as "hubs" in communities with populations below 10,000.

Bringing Health Care to Rural Kentucky

June 18, 2012 | Story

RWJF Investigator and journalist Michael Millenson's landmark book on quality, and his subsequent crusade, helped radicalize a new generation.

The Midwest Immigrant Health Project

June 27, 2011 | Program Result Report

The Center for New Community conducted a grassroots effort to address health and related problems of immigrants working in meatpacking and poultry-processing plants in 12 rural communities in Missouri, Iowa and Minnesota.

Shreveport-Bossier Community Renewal

December 17, 2008 | Program Result Report

Shreveport-Bossier Community Renewal seeks to reduce social isolation in distressed areas of Shreveport, La., and adjacent Bossier City and to disseminate its model of renewal to other cities.

Caring Across Communities

January 1, 2011 | Book

In this chapter of the Anthology, the author, Will Bunch, describes RWJF's Caring Across Communities program and the different approaches adopted by its grantees in 15 communities Bunch examines lessons that have emerged from the program.

Rural Alaskans Find Health Care Guidance from Computerized Support Organization

January 1, 2003 | Program Result Report

Medical Pathfinders, a non-profit organization that helped seriously ill Alaskans to navigate their way through the health care system, worked towards establishing a state-of-the-art research and communications system.

Texas Takes Community-Oriented Approach to Providing Rural Health Care

March 1, 2000 | Program Result Report

The Texas Department of Health established an initiative to build upon the state's primary health care program that funds selected sites that are providing primary and preventive care to low-income uninsured persons.

New Mexico Follows a 'Blueprint for Improving Access' to Strengthen Health Care

March 1, 2000 | Program Result Report

From 1993 to 1997, the State of New Mexico Department of Health enhanced its efforts to recruit and retain primary care providers in underserved areas.

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