Disparities
AHIP Foundation Inc.
Washington, DC
Survey of the collection of race and ethnicity data among health insurance plans.
$128,337
(10 months)
ID 56407
Brigham & Women's Hospital Inc.
Boston, MA
Study on racial or ethnic disparities in the effectiveness of evidence-based diabetes guidelines.
$83,762
(1 year)
ID 58344
Building Community Supports for Diabetes Care
Program supporting partnerships among local health care providers and community organizations to address diabetes prevention and self-management issues in communities where cultural and ethnic diversity strongly influence related health behaviors.
Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine
St. Louis, MO
Technical assistance and direction for Building Community Supports for Diabetes Care and Advancing Diabetes Self-Management.
$560,269
(1 year)
ID 50498
University of California, Los Angeles, School of Public Health
Los Angeles, CA
Expansion of the 2007 California Health Interview Survey to address disparities in quality of care.
$220,670
(2 years)
ID 59134
Cambridge Health Alliance, Inc.
Cambridge, MA
Providing information to policy-makers and clinicians to improve the quality of depression care.
$599,999
(2 years)
ID 58678
Communications Support for the Disparities Program Area
To manage strategic communications for the Foundation's Disparities program area to produce high-quality, consistent, timely products and messages that help increase impact.
Communications Projects
Multiple Contractors
Second annual RWJF expert conference and related activities on addressing ethnic and racial disparities through quality improvement.
$99,915
(8 months)
ID 56925
Consulting and meeting costs for the Foundation's Disparities program area.
$50,000
(7 months)
ID 57466
Strategic communications for the Foundation's Disparities program area.
$2,500,000
(20 months)
ID 57566
Drexel University College of Medicine
Philadelphia, PA
Developing a curriculum to educate health professionals about gender and ethnic health differences.
$50,000
(1 year)
ID 57631
Drexel University School of Public Health
Philadelphia, PA
Fifth National Conference on Quality Health Care for Culturally Diverse Populations.
$50,014
(9 months)
ID 57249
Finding Answers: Disparities Research for Change
To use research and evaluation to test hypothetical solutions for reducing racial and ethnic disparities in health care settings and actual disparity reduction outcomes in ongoing programs.
Program Sites
University of California, Irvine
Irvine, CA
Testing coached care for Latino and Vietnamese diabetics.
$219,549
(2 years)
ID 59758
Choctaw Nation Health Services Authority
Talihina, OK
Evaluation of a negotiated diabetes treatment model for for Choctaw Native Americans.
$262,672
(2 years)
ID 59762
The Cooper Green Hospital Foundation, Inc.
Birmingham, AL
Using multimedia technology for hypertension control for low-income, low-literacy African Americans in Birmingham, Alabama.
$248,920
(2 years)
ID 59741
Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates
Auburndale, MA
Enhancing the Chronic Care Model to improve diabetes care for African Americans.
$295,454
(2 years)
ID 59751
Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers
Cambridge, MA
Using community health workers to reduce disparities in diabetes care.
$257,090
(2 years)
ID 59745
Morehouse School of Medicine
Atlanta, GA
Evaluating a program that adjusts care based on health literacy to improve hypertension care for African-American patients.
$250,045
(2 years)
ID 59757
Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island
Providence, RI
Evaluating a telephone-based culturally sensitive depression care management program for Latino patients.
$261,390
(2 years)
ID 59760
Olive View-UCLA Education and Research Institute
Sylmar, CA
Evaluating a clinic-based program to detect and treat depression among low-income African-American and Latino patients.
$299,742
(2 years)
ID 59748
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA
Studying depression-specific treatments for low-income Latino patients seeking care within a public emergency department.
$199,985
(2 years)
ID 59743
Westside Health Services, Inc.
Rochester, NY
Assessing the effectiveness of concurrent peer-review visits in reducing cardiovascular risk factors in low-income patients.
$236,914
(2 years)
ID 59768
Yale University School of Medicine
New Haven, CT
Identifying and treating maternal depression in underserved, African-American and Latino women in a pediatric primary care setting.
$202,976
(2 years)
ID 59747
Other Program Activities
University of Chicago, The Pritzker School of Medicine
Chicago, IL
Technical assistance and direction for Finding Answers.
$961,815
(1 year)
ID 55273
Technical assistance and direction for Finding Answers: communications support.
$25,990
(5 months)
ID 56798
Foundation of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
New Brunswick, NJ
Scientific advisory group for the Pew/RWJF Hispanic survey on health behavior and treatment.
$148,630
(1 year)
ID 58366
Study to determine how mental health stigma affects the treatment of depression in Latinos.
$84,000
(1 year)
ID 58515
Georgetown University Medical Center
Washington, DC
Studying state-level strategies to address health and mental health disparities through cultural and linguistic competency training and licensure.
$266,289
(18 months)
ID 59024
GMMB Inc.
Washington, DC
Strategic communications for the Foundation's Disparities program area.
$65,000
(1 month)
ID 56371
Hablamos Juntos: Improving Patient-Provider Communication for Latinos
Program to help improve access to quality health care for Latinos with limited English proficiency through the use of cost-effective interpretation and translation services.
University of California, San Francisco, Center for Medical Education and Research
Fresno, CA
Technical assistance and direction for Hablamos Juntos.
$662,138
(1 year)
ID 55860
Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.
Princeton, NJ
Personal health records for underserved populations.
$74,832
(6 months)
ID 58406
MedStar Research Institute Inc.
Hyattsville, MD
Developing a model to predict cardiovascular disease in Native Americans.
$69,117
(1 year)
ID 57161
Partnership for Prevention
Washington, DC
Building the evidence to eliminate disparities through the use of clinical preventive services.
$184,605
(2 years)
ID 56019
Pew Research Center
Washington, DC
Survey of how health, health behavior and treatment vary across diverse segments of the Hispanic population.
$400,000
(18 months)
ID 57329
Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine
Charleston, SC
Studying the quality of care for diabetes among ethnic minorities with a focus on the impact of acculturation factors.
$74,806
(1 year)
ID 58208
Speaking Together: National Language Services Network
To support hospitals to improve the quality and availability of health care language services for patients with limited English proficiency.
Program Sites
University of California, Davis
Davis, CA
$61,151
(16 months)
ID 55877
Cambridge Public Health Commission d/b/a Cambridge Health Alliance
Cambridge, MA
$61,652
(16 months)
ID 59408
Children's Hospital Foundation
Seattle, WA
$61,650
(16 months)
ID 59407
Hennepin County Medical Center
Minneapolis, MN
$59,640
(16 months)
ID 59178
University of Massachusetts Medical School
Worcester, MA
$59,992
(16 months)
ID 59446
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI
$61,652
(16 months)
ID 55874
New York City Health and Hospitals–Bellevue Hospital Center
New York, NY
$61,652
(16 months)
ID 55872
Phoenix Children's Hospital, Inc.
Phoenix, AZ
$61,652
(16 months)
ID 55873
Regions Hospital Foundation
St. Paul, MN
$61,650
(16 months)
ID 55869
University of Rochester
Rochester, NY
$61,652
(16 months)
ID 55870