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Why Pediatricians Need Lawyers to Keep Children Healthy
July 1, 2004 | Journal Article
Pediatricians recognize that social and nonmedical factors influence child health and that there are many government programs and laws designed to provide for children's basic needs. However, gaps in implementation result in denials of services, lea ...
Pediatricians Think Locally in Improving Health Care for Children
February 1, 2002 | Program Result
Community Access to Child Health (CATCH) began as a program funded by the RWJF designed to encourage pediatricians to work locally to improve access to health care for children.
Ties that Bind and Heal
February 1, 2005 | Program Result
From February 2003 through May 2004, researchers at Public/Private Ventures in Philadelphia analyzed how linking child care with health services could improve low-income and minority children's access to and quality of health care.
Blueprint of Recommendations for Making Communities "Asthma Friendly" for Children
June 1, 2003 | Program Result
RAND Health worked with a panel of health experts to develop a set of policy recommendations, with implementation and funding options for each, for improving childhood asthma outcomes nationwide.
School-Based Health Centers Take Root in Vermont, But on Rocky Ground
November 14, 2003 | Program Result
The Vermont Agency of Human Services established a total of five school-based health centers in four communities, and provided technical assistance to these and other centers providing school-linked and other health care services for children.
Connecticut Expands School-Based Health Centers
November 14, 2003 | Program Result
From 1994 to 2000, the state of Connecticut expanded and enhanced its system of school-based health centers (SBHCs).
School-Based Health Centers Gain Ground in Rhode Island
November 14, 2003 | Program Result
From 1994 to 2002, staff at Rhode Island Department of Health created four new school-based health centers (SBHCs), helped secure core funding from the state and worked with state agencies and other decision-makers to create more favorable state policies and stable funding for the centers.
Maryland Locks in Financial Security for School-Based Health Centers
November 14, 2003 | Program Result
The State of Maryland Executive Department further developed school-based health centers in the state, established new centers, developed the state's infrastructure to support the centers, and created a statewide organization of school-based health centers.
Colorado Expands School-Based Health Care
November 14, 2003 | Program Result
The State of Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment developed ways to remove barriers to the sustainability of school-based health centers in order to widen access to basic primary physical and mental health services.
North Carolina's School-Based Health Centers Bring Comprehensive Primary Care Services to Underserved Adolescents
November 14, 2003 | Program Result
The Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Women and Children's Health created model comprehensive school-based health centers and standardized practices, developed a comprehensive financing system and helped expand the centers in the state.