June 11, 2013
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The Cash & Counseling program created a cost-effective model of participant-directed services to improve the health of frail older adults and other people with disabilities and contributed to national policy change on participant-directed services.
May 30, 2013
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Program Result Report
From 2007-2012, Ladder to Leadership: Developing the Next Generation of Health Care Leaders - a $3.6 million national program - provided training to 219 early-to-mid-career professionals working with vulnerable populations in eight communities.
May 29, 2013
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The Food Trust of Philadelphia and the Princeton, N.J., Recreation Department updated the concession menu at the pool complex, reducing calorie counts of popular foods and beverages, and adding healthier choices.
June 28, 2012
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Researchers at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School expanded the Myocardial Infarction Data Acquisition System (MIDAS) to include data on strokes and published 21 articles on their research.
June 20, 2012
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From 2008 to 2011, eight projects implemented Safe Dates, a dating abuse prevention program, in middle and high schools through New Jersey Health Initiatives, which supports projects that improve the health and health care of state residents.
June 12, 2012
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Program Result Report
Researchers at the Urban Institute studied whether patients use high-volume hospitals for procedures and services where volume is associated with outcomes, and whether there are disparities between minorities and Whites in using such hospitals.
March 19, 2012
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Program Result Report
Center for Studying Health System Change researchers tracked changes in the nation's health care system and developed policy analyses describing how those changes affect patients, providers, and others in their communities.
February 16, 2012
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The Rutgers Center for State Health Policy studied the provisions and impact of state policies requiring expanded dependent coverage for young adults on their parents' health plans as part of RWJF's State Health Access Reform Evaluation initiative.
January 25, 2012
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Program Result Report
Manavi, a New Brunswick, N.J.-based organization serving South Asian women who have suffered domestic violence, launched an economic empowerment program to help survivors move toward economic independence.
November 22, 2011
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Program Result Report
New Jersey Health Initiatives supports innovative projects by nonprofit, community-based organizations to improve the health and health care of the state's residents.