Health Leads' Rebecca Onie Awarded 2011 Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship
March 31, 2011 | Story
Founder Named One Of Four Recipients
Financial Barriers to Care
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Is Income Inequality a Determinant of Population Health?
January 1, 2004 | Journal Article
The income inequality-health hypothesis seeks to explain differences in average levels of health among countries, or among regions in one country, by the extent of disparity among income levels. Income inequality is linked to other components of soc ...
Being Poor and Coping With Stress
May 1, 2008 | Journal Article
This study examined whether smoking, alcohol use, and physical inactivity moderate the relationship between perceived stress and the risk of death in the U.S. population as a whole and across socioeconomic strata.
Nurse Faculty Scholar Explores Effects of Poverty on Children's Health
December 20, 2009 | Story
Nursing professor Bob Atkins is discovering how low-income children can better manage routine health problems like ringworm, tooth decay and poor vision.
Inner-City Residents in Rochester, N.Y., Receive Community-Based Care
April 1, 2006 | Program Result
Project SHARED developed a community-based project to enable chronically ill, low-income people in two inner-city neighborhoods to better manage their own health and to engage in behavior change that supported health.
Physicians' Outreach Project Expands Access to Specialty Care for Low-Income Patients in Tallahassee
January 31, 2004 | Program Result
The Capital Medical Society created the Physicians' Outreach Project, a collaborative, volunteer effort to extend the services of the society's We Care Network to three adjacent rural counties: Gadsden, Jefferson and Wakulla counties.
Low Income, Not Race or Lifestyle, Is the Greatest Threat to Health
January 31, 2001 | Program Result
David R. Williams, PhD, MPH, professor of sociology at the University of Michigan Institute for Social Research, Ann Arbor, Mich., studied the relationship between socioeconomic status (SES) and health.
Lessons: Economic and Political Barriers
September 21, 2005 | Evaluation
Economic and political changes have significant influence on grantee activity planning and implementation.
Fun Events Attract Low-Income Families that Need Children's Health Services
October 1, 1997 | Program Result
The initiative provides care coordination of health and social services to elementary school students and their younger and unborn siblings in families with incomes under 180 percent of the poverty level who live near one of two schools.
Coming Home: Affordable Assisted Living
February 25, 2013 | Program Result
Coming Home: Affordable Assisted Living is a national program to develop affordable models of assisted living, with a focus on smaller and rural communities and low-income seniors.