Rural Health Care Needs Identified
September 1, 2002 | Program Result
In 2000, the National Rural Health Association held a conference that would develop an agenda for research on rural health policy.
Medically Underserved Areas
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Rural Health Providers Form Networks To Share Resources
August 1, 2004 | Program Result
From 1998 to 2003, project staff from AcademyHealth, Washington, a nonprofit policy institute, and consultants provided technical assistance to 46 rural health networks that were seeking to establish themselves or to embark on specific projects to expand access to services, improve quality of care or strengthen the viability of rural providers.
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Tsunami Long-Term Relief Efforts
February 4, 2010 | Program Result
In January 2005, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Board of Trustees authorized $2,000,000 for relief from the devastating Tsunami that hit Thailand, Sri Lanka, Bande Ache, Indonesia, and other countries in December 2004.
Contributions to Community Center in Rural Eastern Arkansas Increase Significantly
September 1, 2006 | Program Result
The Boys, Girls, Adults Community Development Center, founded in 1978, provides youth and family services, housing and economic development to residents of the Marvell School District in eastern Arkansas.
Community Health Promoters Reach Medically Underserved
January 1, 2003 | Program Result
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...
More Doctors are Needed in America's Inner Cities
February 1, 2001 | Program Result
Investigators from the University of Wisconsin-Madison Medical School examined changes in the availability of physicians in U.S. urban areas from 1980 to 1997.