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July 1, 1999 | Program Result Report
Salud Para la Gente conducted a project to: address overall community health status, address diseases/causes of death that had particularly high rates in the community, and provide health education.
August 28, 2008 | Program Result Report
The University of California, Berkeley, worked to expand the 2006 Binational Health Week, chiefly by helping local volunteer groups to provide more health screenings for underserved populations and by convening key officials on health issues.
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.
June 25, 2012 | Program Result Report
In August 2010, the Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science, in Los Angeles, added a nursing school to address the needs of underserved communities. Under this project (2008–2011), the school developed programs leading to a Master of Science in Nursing degree and enrolled its first students.
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. ...
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...
January 1, 2003 | Program Result Report
From 1993 to 2001, George Washington University Medical Center, Washington, developed and implemented Community Health in Focus, a program designed to use the convening role of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) to stimulate action on health care issues identified by local communities.