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Helping immigrant and refugee students succeed: It's not just what happens in the classroom The Caring Across Communities (CAC) Initiative focuses on reducing emotional and behavioral health problems among students in low-income immigrant and refugee families. The grants support a range of innovative partnerships among schools, mental health service...	Stories and articles	11/20/2009
Community Collaboration for Culturally Sensitive Mental Healthcare A review of culturally sensitive mental health care illustrates the importance of addressing culture and maintaining dialogue and collaboration between various constituencies within communities. The Collaborative HIV Prevention and Adolescent Mental Health Project... Published In: National Council Magazine	Journal articles	11/20/2009
Is Conventional Wisdom Wrong? This study is part of Healthcare for Communities (HCC) which reports on a cross-sectional comparative survey of state Medicaid managed care programs conducted in 2000, analyzing Medicaid data collected and compiled by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Published In: Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment	Journal articles	11/20/2009
Medicaid Managed Care, Substance Abuse Treatment, and People with Disabilities: A Review of the Literature Nearly seven million Americans with disabilities receive Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and, in most states, are enrolled in Medicaid managed care plans. Research has shown that there is a high rate of co-occurring substance abuse disorders among SSI... Published In: Health & Social Work	Journal articles	11/20/2009
Wall Street Journal Takes a Closer Look at the Green House Model In this June 2008 WSJ article, Rising Challenger Takes on Elder Care System, reporter Lucette Lagnado takes a closer look at the project.	Video, Stories and articles	11/19/2009
Evaluation of the Small Agency Building Initiative The lead evaluators for this program were R. Tony Eichelberger and Russell G. Schuh of the University of Pittsburgh Department of Education. The evaluation was conducted from May 2000 through April 2002.The Program Being EvaluatedThe Small...	Evaluations, Evaluation projects	11/19/2009
Beyond the Cathedral: Building Trust to Engage the African American Community in Health Promotion and Disease Prevention The Center for Minority Health (CMH) at the University of Pittsburgh has developed sustainable public health interventions for the African-American community in Pittsburgh. Through one program, African-American owned barbershops and beauty salons began providing... Published In: Health Promotion Practice	Journal articles	11/17/2009
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Launches Commission to Look Beyond Medical Care System to Improve the Health of All Americans Foundation issues new report which finds poor, minority and middle-class Americans with less education live sicker and die younger; new opinion poll finds strong public support for action.	News releases	11/17/2009
RWJF Launches Commission to Build a Healthier America The nonpartisan commission will will investigate how factors such as education, environment, income and housing shape and affect personal behavioral choices.	Video, President's Corner	11/17/2009
Finding the Impact in a Messy Intervention This article looks specifically at the design of the Urban Health Initiative evaluation. It highlights the program's integrated evaluation design, bringing together a theory of change and a quasi-experimental approach, including comparison city usage. Published In: American Journal of Evaluation	Journal articles	11/17/2009

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