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Physicians' Outreach Project Expands Access to Specialty Care for Low-Income Patients in Tallahassee

January 31, 2004 | Program Result Report

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.

Coming Home: Affordable Assisted Living

February 25, 2013 | Program Result Report

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.

Post-Katrina, Mental Health Services Needed

February 15, 2012 | Program Result Report

Coastal Family Health Center staff was trained by Utah's Intermountain Healthcare on the "mental health integration model," which incorporates mental health care into primary care practice, and began to pilot the approach in its Gulf Coast clinics.

Advancing Public Health Practice and Policy Solutions

January 4, 2011 | 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.

The Diabetes Initiative

April 19, 2010 | Program Result Report

The Diabetes Initiative and its individual projects have contributed to the expansion of diabetes self-management at the state level and nationwide.

Helping the Albert Schweitzer Fellowship Extend a Helping Hand in the U.S.

July 1, 2001 | Program Result Report

The US Schweitzer Fellows Programs, which enable medical, nursing, public health and social work students to volunteer their services in impoverished communities, increased the number of student participants and added three volunteer sites.

Opening Doors: A Program to Reduce Sociocultural Barriers to Health Care

December 1, 1998 | Program Result Report

One of the most significant changes affecting health care in the United States is the increasing racial and ethnic diversity of the population.

Health-Related Quality of Life Among Mexican Americans Living in Colonias at the Texas-Mexico Border

April 1, 2008 | Journal Article

Mexican Americans living in colonias along the Texas-Mexico border comprise one of the most disadvantaged and difficult to reach minority groups in the United States. This article examines health-related quality of life (HRQL) in Hispanics, specifically living in colonias.

Nurse-Family Partnership Program

August 26, 2008 | Program Result Report

RWJF has provided 12 grants totaling $26.8 million to support development of David L. Olds' home-visiting model and its national replication as the Nurse-Family Partnership.

Rural Georgia Launches Free Health Center for Underserved Residents

March 1, 2005 | Program Result Report

The Good Samaritan Health and Wellness Center provided free health care and dental services to the poor and working poor living in rural Pickens County, Ga.

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