Results List
-
Evaluation of the Oakland Health Pathways Project: Technical Report
Source: SRI Education
This final evaluation report presents findings from the Oakland Health Pathways Project (OHPP), a joint initiative of Oakland Unified School District, Alameda Health System, and Alameda County Health Care Services Agency. The initiative is designed to improve educational and long-term employment outcomes for youth of…
Resource type: Research Report
-
Evaluation of the Oakland Health Pathways Project
Source: SRI Education
This final evaluation report presents findings from the Oakland Health Pathways Project (OHPP), a joint initiative of Oakland Unified School District, Alameda Health System, and Alameda County Health Care Services Agency. The initiative is designed to improve educational and long-term employment outcomes for youth of…
Resource type: Research Report
-
What We’ve Learned: Helping Remaining Uninsured Obtain Health Coverage
Source: Georgetown Center for Children and Families
By Benjamin Kerman and Annmarie Benedict, The Atlantic Philanthropies It’s been almost three years since the Affordable Care Act (ACA) went into full effect. During that time, 13 million people gained health insurance coverage. With open enrollment starting tomorrow, communities have another opportunity to extend…
Resource type: News
-
Bringing Health Care Services to Rural South Africa
[caption id="" align="alignright" width="250"] Dr. Lungile Hobe treats a patient. Photo: UYDF[/caption] Half of South Africa's population live in rural areas, but only 12 per cent of doctors practice there. Dr. Lungile Hobe often accompanied her mother, a nurse, to the local hospital in rural…
Resource type: Grantee Story
-
Eastern Mediterranean societies are adversely impacted by the global brain health crisis
Source: The Atlantic Fellows
Dementia and Alzheimer’s disease are a global health crisis. According to the World Health Organization, by 2050 the number of people with dementia will more than triple—reaching 152 million. The Spark The risk of dementia is tightly linked to aging. The expansion of aging populations…
Resource type: News
-
School health centers expand despite lack of state funding
Source: California Watch
By Louis Freedberg. Two of the state’s largest districts are undergoing a major expansion of health centers on school campuses after promised help from Sacramento never came.To build new facilities, Oakland and Los Angeles are tapping a combination of voter-approved bond money, fees from Medi-Cal…
Resource type: News
-
Implementing Health Pathways: Resource Considerations
Source: APA Consulting
Key Activities, Resources, and Related Costs The Oakland Health Pathways Project (OHPP) is a joint initiative of OUSD, the Alameda Health System, and the Alameda County Health Care Services Agency. The initiative is designed to improve educational and long-term employment outcomes for youth of color…
Resource type: Research Report
-
Oakland Health Career Pathways: Resource Study
Source: APA Consulting
The Oakland Health Pathways Project (OHPP) is a joint initiative of OUSD, the Alameda Health System, and the Alameda County Health Care Services Agency. The initiative is designed to improve educational and long-term employment outcomes for youth of color in Oakland (Alameda County), California, while…
Resource type: Research Report
-
Social Justice Journalism: Lessons from Health-e News
Source: Barbara Klugman
This report examines how quality advocacy journalism from Health-e News, a South African nonprofit news service focused on the country’s delivery of public health services, is helping advance the goal of achieving a healthy, equitable and just nation. Health-e News, which was founded in 1999, came to prominence…
Resource type: Research Report
-
'Tinker with the health system at your peril'
Source: Sunday Business Post (Ireland)
The confusion created by the mess over whether over-70s will retain their right to a medical card has created huge uncertainty for the health service and the elderly, reports Aileen O'Meara. As the opposition loudly hammered government ministers in the Dáil last Thursday for abolishing…
Resource type: News
