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December 20, 2012 | Program Result Report
Staff at the College of Allied Health and Nursing of Minnesota State University at Mankato created a curriculum and certification process for community health workers and advanced their role in the state's health care system.
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."
February 23, 2011 | Human Capital Blog Post
As the executive director of a small clinic in a rural, predominantly Latino community, Garcia transformed the clinic into a federally-qualified, bi-cultural comprehensive health care center.
January 4, 2011 | Report
Knowledge Asset: Voices for Change engages participants through Photovoice (photography and prose), providing opportunities for individual and group data gathering, reflection, dialogue and social action regarding neighborhood assets and issues.
January 27, 2009 | Program Result Report
Guided by the director of Columbia Access Television, a registered dietitian and their teacher at West Boulevard Elementary School, the fifth-grade students' experience culminated in the production of healthy eating video messages.
January 1, 2009 | Journal Article
Children's Futures is a a 10-year RWJF initiative, developed a comprehensive, citywide program in Trenton, N.J. focusing on the critical time period of prenatal care to age three to ensure health and school readiness.
January 1, 2009 | Journal Article
This article examines the trade-offs between the city-level and neighborhood-based approaches, looking at the Urban Health Initiative aimed at improving the health and safety of children, as a specific case study.
June 22, 2007 | Program Result Report
The National Kidney Foundation of Michigan expanded a project to train hair stylists in African-American neighborhoods as lay health promoters to educate their clients about diabetes, high blood pressure and kidney disease.
October 1, 2006 | Program Result Report
In 1998, Freedom from Hunger, a California-based organization that addresses issues of hunger and poor nutrition, began the replication and institutionalization of a program to train lay health advisors in several Southern states.
December 1, 2006 | Program Result Report
Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals and New York University Downtown Hospital worked together to develop and implement the Chinese Community Partnership for Health, designed to improve the health of Asian populations in Philadelphia.