Are Local Laws the Key to Ending Childhood Lead Poisoning?
May 3, 2013 | Journal Article
Reducing and eventually eliminating childhood lead exposure through local policy innovations, is the main objective of this study.
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Philadelphia's Lead Court Is Making a Difference
May 3, 2013 | Journal Article
Philadelphia's Lead Court shows compliance for lead hazard remediation improvement.
Growing Experience Corps
January 25, 2013 | Program Result Report
Experience Corps engages older volunteers to tutor - with a focus on reading - and mentor low-income kindergarten through third-grade students. It expanded and became an independent nonprofit organization.
Ruth Murphey Parker, MD
January 24, 2013 | Story
Ruth Murphey Parker's research has focused predominantly in two areas: medical education and health services for under-served populations.
Measuring Success for Health Care Quality Improvement Interventions
December 1, 2012 | Journal Article
In an effort to evaluate quality improvement (QI) programs, self-reported versus externally rated measures of QI success led to different results. This study suggests that, ideally, evaluations of QI efforts should use externally rated measures.
Pipeline, Profession & Practice: Community-Based Dental Education
November 19, 2012 | Program Result Report
RWJF's Dental Pipeline Program helped dental schools increase access to dental care for underserved populations through expanded community-based education and recruitment of underrepresented minority and low-income students.
Human Rights Advocate Works to Support Latino Victims of Sexual Assault and Violence
October 17, 2012 | News Release
RWJF honors Cristina Perez, MA, with a 2012 Community Health Leaders Award.
The Food Trust: Increasing the Availability of Health Food
October 1, 2012 | Book
This is the story of the story of The Food Trust from its beginning in Philadelphia’s Reading Market to the present day. The Food Trust brings supermarkets and other healthy food outlets to underserved areas.
An RWJF Investment that Helped to Seed the Quality Revolution
September 11, 2012 | Story
Susan Elster tells how an RWJF investment made it possible for Pittsburgh Regional Health Initiative (PRHI) champions to aim for continuous improvement in the pursuit of perfection.
Finding an AED in an Emergency
September 7, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
Read a blog post about an initiative to identify and map automated external defibrillators (AEDs) in Philadelphia.