Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Menu
  • About RWJF
  • Our Work
  • Research & Publications
View All:
  • Grants
  • Topics
  • Blogs

Recruitment and Retention

You are now viewing 1 - 6 of 6 results

Sort results by:
  • Relevance
  • Alphabetical Order
  • Publication Date

Refine Your Results

  • Topic: Recruitment and retention
  • Race/Ethnicity: Black (incl. African American)
By Topic
  • Work environment (4)
  • Access and barriers to care (3)
  • Diversity (2)
  • Cultural, gender, racial, religious and ethnic barriers (2)
  • Medically underserved areas (2)
  • Shortage of medical or nursing personnel (2)
  • Medical, dental and nursing workforce (2)
  • Disparities in quality of care (2)
  • Health reform (1)
  • Community-based care (1)
  • Community outreach/community health workers (1)
  • Medical students (1)
  • Research (1)
  • Training in community settings (1)
  • Career mentoring (1)
By Content
  • Content Type
    • Story (3)
    • Program Result (2)
  • Program Area
    • Human Capital (5)
    • Vulnerable Populations (1)
By Demographics
  • Gender
    • Women and girls (1)
  • Race/Ethnicity
    • Latino or Hispanic (3)
  • Location
    • Local or community-based (1)
    • Urban (1)
  • States and Territories
    • California (CA) P (1)
    • Maryland (MD) SA (1)
    • New York (NY) MA (1)

Pittsburgh Center to Recruit and Retain More Minority Nurses to Improve Minority Health

June 1, 2004 | Program Result

Between 2000 and 2003, Duquesne University's School of Nursing, Pittsburgh, established a Center for Health Care Diversity to educate and train minorities to become nurses and/or allied health professionals educate minority nurses in health policy conduct nursing-focused research and perform community service.

Overcoming Barriers to African American Participation in Research

September 30, 2008 | Story

Instead of looking at the issue from patients' perspective, Corbie-Smith focused on the investigators' side. "I said, 'There are two sides to this issue,' and the investigators have as much responsibility as the participants in this,'" she explains.

High Turnover of Staff and Residents Challenges Health Advocacy Efforts in a Baltimore Community

September 1, 2006 | Program Result

Trained community health advocates conducted outreach efforts with residents of Sandtown-Winchester, a 72-block low-income neighborhood of Baltimore, to help them gain access to health insurance and needed services.

Lynne Holden is Working to Change the Face of Medicine

October 8, 2009 | Story

Holden has won a 2009 RWJF Community Health Leaders Award for her work to establish an all-volunteer organization that encourages and nurtures disadvantaged students from Harlem and the South Bronx in New York City to enter the medical profession.

RWJF Receives Prestigious Gies Award for Outstanding Innovation

April 20, 2009 | Story

This honor recognizes RWJF's support of the Pipeline, Profession & Practice: Community-Based Dental Education (Dental Pipeline) program.

Former RWJF Grantee Kathryn Flores Profiled on NBC Nightly News

March 10, 2009

Flores recognized for helping middle school and high school students from disadvantaged and underrepresented communities pursue their dreams of entering a health profession.

RWJF Home → Topics → Recruitment and Retention
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • YouTube
  • Email
  • RSS

Our mission: to improve the health and health care of all Americans.

  • About RWJF
    • Our Mission
    • Program Areas
    • From Our President
    • Leadership & Staff
    • Annual Reports
    • Newsroom
    • Job Opportunities
    • Office Location
    • Our Policies
  • Our Work
    • Health Policy
    • Prevention
    • Cost and Value
    • Leadership
    • All Topics
  • Program Areas
    • Childhood Obesity
    • Coverage
    • Human Capital
    • Pioneer
    • Public Health
    • Quality/Equality
    • Vulnerable Populations
  • Research & Publications
    • Find RWJF Research
    • Assessing Our Impact
    • How We Work
    • Data Center
    • RWJF DataHub
  • Grants
    • What We Fund
    • Calls for Proposals
    • Grantee Resources
    • FAQs
  • Blogs
    • Human Capital
    • New Public Health
    • Pioneering Ideas
  • My RWJF
    • Subscription Management
    • My Profile
  • Contact RWJF
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms and Conditions

© 2001–2013 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. All Rights Reserved.