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Five Projects Collaborate to Provide Better Access to Health Care for the Underserved

September 1, 2000 | Program Result Report

Five RWJF-funded projects created an organizational structure to support the planning, development and implementation of collaborative approaches to improving health care access for underserved populations in Worcester County that had been underway since 1995.

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.

A Doctor Delivers Multiple Acts of Human Kindness to Homeless Women

August 3, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post

"I lead a team of volunteer physicians and part-time paid nurses who provide free walk-in care to women and children in Boston's shelters."

Pipeline, Profession and Practice: Community-Based Dental Education

National Program

To assist dental schools.

Restaurant Opportunities Center of New York Connects Tobacco Control with Safe Working Environments

November 18, 2009 | Program Result Report

The Restaurant Opportunities Center of New York was initially formed to help find employment for the surviving workers of Windows on the World.

Head Start Programs Identify and Provide Extra Support to Families at Risk

October 5, 2009 | Program Result Report

Expanding the capacity of Head Start agencies to identify and assist families in need was a key ingredient of Free To Grow. That was especially so in New Britain, Conn., and Orange, Calif.

Project SHAPE LA: Nurse Faculty Scholar Alum Aims to Help Children Get Active

April 27, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post

HCB: How did you develop an interest in physical fitness among youth? Wright-Volel: As a pediatric nurse practitioner, I see the health consequences when children are overweight or obese. However, a visit to a clinic is but one part of the solution. ...

Foreword

February 1, 2009 | Journal Article

Launched in 2001, the Pipeline, Profession & Practice: Community-Based Dental Education (Dental Pipeline) program was a five-year program designed to help increase access to dental care for underserved populations. This special supplement to the Journal of Dental Education describes the evaluation in detail.

Native American Tribes in Wisconsin Improve Health Care Delivery

January 1, 2007 | Program Result Report

The Great Lakes Inter-Tribal Council developed and implemented a more coordinated, cost-effective approach to health care among Native American tribes in Wisconsin.

Community Health Promoters Reach Medically Underserved

January 1, 2003 | Program Result Report

From late 1997 to the end of 2000, the Esperanza Community Housing Corporation provided internships for bilingual residents of a low-income neighborhood in South Central Los Angeles who had been trained as professional community health promoters. Esperanza developed the health-promoter training program to increase access to health and health care information, and...

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