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NYC's Immigrant Restaurant Workers Get Information and Resources

February 25, 2011 | Program Result Report

The Restaurant Opportunities Center of New York City (ROC) assessed and addressed the lack of health information and resources among low-wage immigrant restaurant workers.

Bringing Health Education to Latino Immigrants Where They Work

November 1, 2003 | Program Result Report

The Worksite Wellness Project developed and implemented a model for improving the health of uninsured, low-wage workers in Los Angeles by increasing their awareness of basic health care and linking them to existing providers.

Fresh Ideas: Improving the Health of Immigrant and Refugee Communities

June 27, 2011 | Program Result Report

Fresh Ideas was a targeted solicitation for proposals that aimed to give immigrants and refugees the tools and support they need to improve and maintain their own health.

Locating Family Mental Health Services in Shopping Malls and Schools

March 25, 2013 | Program Result Report

The UCLA Family Commons is a new model of preventive mental health care that provides nonstigmatized, cost-effective education and coaching to help families with children from infancy to adolescence address common childhood issues.

An Immigrant Community Takes Actions Against Drug Addiction

September 5, 2008 | Program Result Report

The Head Start program in New York City developed Project Right Start, a family and community-strengthening model that prepares parents to participate actively in community efforts to address substance abuse and related issues.

Connecting With Care in Low-Income Boston Neighborhoods

November 19, 2012 | Program Result Report

The Connecting With Care project of the Alliance for Inclusion and Prevention demonstrated that it was economically feasible to bring full-time, mental-health clinicians to schools in the low-income Boston neighborhoods of Dorchester and Roxbury.

Language Barriers and Illiteracy Can Affect Patient Heath Care

December 1, 2000 | Program Result Report

Emory University School of Medicine assessed the prevalence of inadequate health literacy among patients presenting for outpatient acute care in two urban public hospitals, one in Atlanta and one in Los Angeles.

Advancing Public Health Practice and Policy Solutions

January 10, 2010 | Issue Brief

Under its Advancing Public Health Policy and Practice solicitation, RWJF funded 16 projects and the Center for Creative Leadership produced Knowledge Assets that synthesize the work and learnings from these projects.

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.

Inner-City Residents in Rochester, N.Y., Receive Community-Based Care

April 1, 2006 | Program Result Report

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.

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