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Physicians' Outreach Project Expands Access to Specialty Care for Low-Income Patients in Tallahassee

January 31, 2004 | Program Result Report

The Capital Medical Society created the Physicians' Outreach Project, a collaborative, volunteer effort to extend the services of the society's We Care Network to three adjacent rural counties: Gadsden, Jefferson and Wakulla counties.

Coming Home: Affordable Assisted Living

February 25, 2013 | Program Result Report

Coming Home: Affordable Assisted Living is a national program to develop affordable models of assisted living, with a focus on smaller and rural communities and low-income seniors.

Post-Katrina, Mental Health Services Needed

February 15, 2012 | Program Result Report

Coastal Family Health Center staff was trained by Utah's Intermountain Healthcare on the "mental health integration model," which incorporates mental health care into primary care practice, and began to pilot the approach in its Gulf Coast clinics.

Advancing Public Health Practice and Policy Solutions

January 10, 2010 | Issue Brief

Under its Advancing Public Health Policy and Practice solicitation, RWJF funded 16 projects and the Center for Creative Leadership produced Knowledge Assets that synthesize the work and learnings from these projects.

The Diabetes Initiative

April 19, 2010 | Program Result Report

The Diabetes Initiative and its individual projects have contributed to the expansion of diabetes self-management at the state level and nationwide.

Health-Related Quality of Life Among Mexican Americans Living in Colonias at the Texas-Mexico Border

April 1, 2008 | Journal Article

Mexican Americans living in colonias along the Texas-Mexico border comprise one of the most disadvantaged and difficult to reach minority groups in the United States. This article examines health-related quality of life (HRQL) in Hispanics, specifically living in colonias.

Farmworkers Trained as Health Promoters Sow the Seeds of Better Health Care

January 29, 2002 | Program Result Report

Community Health Care in Bridgeton, N.J., developed a program to train farmworkers in Cumberland County to become lay health promoters.

Rural Georgia Launches Free Health Center for Underserved Residents

March 1, 2005 | Program Result Report

The Good Samaritan Health and Wellness Center provided free health care and dental services to the poor and working poor living in rural Pickens County, Ga.

Free to Grow Special Report: Barre, Vermont

September 5, 2005 | Program Result Report

This report by the Free to Grow National Program Office at the Mailman School of Public Health of Columbia University shows how the Free to Grow model was integrated into the local Head Start program in Barre, Vt., decreasing the risk factors for substance abuse and strengthening families.

Reach Out Projects Extend Outreach of Medical Care to West Virginians

January 16, 2004 | Program Result Report

The West Virginia University School of Medicine at Morgantown, W.Va., and three state-sanctioned "Health Right" free clinics developed a project entitled Reach Out: Physicians' Initiative to Expand Care to Underserved West Virginians.

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