January 31, 2004
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Program Result
The Gift of Life Foundation worked to remove barriers to care for infants born to low-income mothers in Montgomery's four-county region and to help prevent babies from "falling through the cracks" of the health care system there.
September 1, 1997
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Program Result
The University of Florida School of Medicine surveyed families and health care providers of chronically ill children to determine what services would be needed and how they should be provided in a model residential treatment facility.
May 1, 2010
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Journal Article
Obesity disproportionately impacts inner-city minority children. The Family Assessment of Initial Risk (FLAIR) intervention was tested in three primary care centers in the Bronx, New York. This article presents parents' focus group responses evaluating FLAIR.
July 31, 2008
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Program Result
From 2000 to 2003, Parent to Parent of Vermont increased its capacity to serve its clients and expanded its education program for medical students and residents.
June 1, 2003
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Program Result
Fred Friendly Seminars produced Who Cares: Chronic Illness in America, a one-hour Public Broadcasting System (PBS) special that explored the challenges confronted every day by health care professionals and families coping with chronic illness.
May 1, 1997
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Program Result
The State University of New Jersey, Institute for Health, Health Care Policy, and Aging Research, studied the factors involved in the provision of informal, household-based care to seriously mentally ill people by their families.
December 1, 2006
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Program Result
Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison conducted a pilot study to identify and assess why immigrant mothers (primarily those from Mexico) living in the United States have better pregnancy outcomes than native-born Hispanic mothers.
December 1, 2006
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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.
August 1, 2003
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Program Result
Children's Hospital in Boston planned and implemented the Pediatric Alliance for Coordinated Care, a clinical service delivery model that facilitates coordinated, community-based, family-centered care for children.
January 1, 2002
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Program Result
From 1995 to 1996, staff from Harvard Pilgrim Health Care developed a model for a family support program to address problems encountered by pre-term infants and their families.