Kimberly Dilosa (CHL Special Gulf Coast Award 2006 receives 2008 Business Innovator of the Year Award
10-16-08
Dilosa receives the award from New Orleans City Business for her campaign “Teen-friendly GNO” (Greater New Orleans). The campaign seeks to bring the issues facing teens in the Greater New Orleans area to the collective consciousness of the local, state, federal and international communities while making New Orleans a safe-haven for teens once again. In helping the teens of the Greater New Orleans area, Dilosa, as well as the YOUTHanasia Foundation is seeking to open two teen centers as well as launch its Final Fridayze program. Final Fridayze is a program that hosts a series of events geared toward the teens and adults on the last Friday of each month. YOUTHanasia was previously acknowledged with this same award in 2006. For more on the 2008 Business Innovator of the Year Award, click here. For more on Teen-friendly GNO, click here.…Read More |
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Make the Road (Andrew Friedman - CHL 2007) releases new report on the implementation of translation services in New York City hospitals
5-08-08
In 2006, Make the Road New York won a significant battle for limited-English-proficient (LEP) patients across the state. The new regulation required hospitals in New York State to inform patients that they could access free language assistance services from the hospital. The hospitals are mandated to provide these language services to patients who request them in a timely manner in order to reduce communication barriers between patients and their healthcare providers. In 2007, Make the Road New York and other organizations conducted a survey and released a report on the compliance of New York City hospitals with the new regulations. Get the report here. |
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Laura Perez' (CHL 2007) balancing act as administrator, clinician and outreach worker at Street Level Health Project is the subject of a San Francisco Chronicle story
5-08-08
Like many immigrants, Laura Perez left Peru and came to the United States in hopes of helping her family financially. In the 18 years since, she has transitioned from being a nanny to becoming an outreach worker trying to improve the health conditions of immigrant workers in the San Francisco area. Her work in outreach led to her being hired as Street Level Health Project’s executive director. Read more about Laura Perez in the San Francisco Chronicle. |
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David Kalke (CHL 2001) and the Community of St. Martin announce the opening of its Sister House in Michoacán, Mexico and the start of the Nuestro Hogar project
5-08-08
Rev. David Kalke celebrated the opening of the Community of St. Martin’s new sister house in Michoacán, Mexico with a Mass attended by about 20 local peasants. The first project of the Michoacán house will be the Nuestro Hogar (Our House) retreat for HIV+ persons. Nuestro Hogar will serve as a retreat center for providing popular healthcare education on nutrition, spirituality, dealing with grief and other themes that will help participants live better and longer with HIV. …Read More |
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The birth of Sharon Rohrbach's (CHL 2000) Nurses for Newborns Foundation is the center of a Wall Street Journal piece
5-08-08
Working as a nurse, Sharon Rohrbach experienced the pain that came with watching newborn infants return to her hospital with maladies caused by neglect. In 1992, Sharon Rohrbach founded Nurses for Newborns hoping to stem the tide of newborns entering hospitals with symptoms of neglect. The organization provides at-risk parents with educational and emotional support as well as necessities for the babies: food, diapers and clothing. Read more about Sharon Rohrbach in the Wall Street Journal. |
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LEADERS IN THE NEWS
11-20-07
Martha Ryan (CHL 2003): Homeless Prenatal Program success stories were featured in the San Francisco Chronicle SFChronstory and in the New York Times NYTimesstory
Joanne Goldblum (CHL 2007): New Haven Diaper Bank was the subject of a story "Basic Need for the Poor: Diapers" in the Connecticut edition of the New York Times. NYTimesCTstory
Micheal Elliott (CHL 2000): Union Mission's unique accomplishments is the subject of an editorial by Linda Sickler at Connect Savannah Online. Savannah Connect
Greg Croteau (CHL 2006): United Teen Equality Center (UTEC) was chosen to receive a 2008 Social Inovation Forum Award for "Serving disadvanted youth." http://www.socialinnovationforum.org/forum/ |
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Arneatha Martin (CHL 2001) reappointed by Governor Sebelius for second term on Kansas Health Policy Authority Board
11-19-07
Arneatha Martin, Co-Founder of the Center for Health and Wellness in Wichita, Kansas, has been reappointed by Governor Kathleen Sebelius, for a second 4-year term to the Kansas Health Policy Authority Board (KHPA). The board was created in 2005 with the goal of improving the overall health of Kansans. Arneatha says she is hopeful that under the direction of the KHPA, Kansas will be able to decrease the number of uninsured lives and focus on prevention and wellness vs. sick care. To read more about the KHPA, go to www.khpa.ks.gov. |
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Andrew Friedman (CHL 2007) quoted in New York Times on bias in RX labeling at city pharmacies
11-10-07
Andrew Friedman's organization Make the Road by Walking joins advocacy groups in filing a complaint with the New York City Attorney General's office against 16 pharmacies. …Read More>>> |
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Arnell Hinkle (CHL 2003) honored at this year's American Public Health Association (APHA) meeting
11-10-07
Arnell Hinkle, executive director of the California Adolescent Nutrition and Fitness Program (CANFit), received the APHA Food and Nutrition Section, Mary C. Egan Award. This award honors public health professionals who contribute to improving nutrition among low income and underserved populations. The award was presented at the APHA annual meeting held in Washington, D.C., November 3, 2007. |
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Amos Bailey, MD (CHL 2000) elected to the Board of Directors of the American Academy of Hospice and Paliative Medicine
The American Academy of Hospice and Paliative Medicine (www.aahmp.org) is a professional organization for physicians who are committed to improving the lives of patients and their families dealing with serious illness. Dr. Bailey is the director of paliative care at the Birmingham Veterans Administration Medical Center and assistant professor of medicine at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. |
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FEATURE: Michael Rodolico has Taken On the Challenge of Providing Oral Health Services to Low-Income Seniors In Reno: Will It Pay Off?
11-17-07
"An elderly woman on social security called me at home, crying and in pain. She went to the ER because she had no money and no place else to go...." …Read More |
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OPINION: Fall out from 9/11 Continues to Impact the Health of New Yorkers
11-17-07
By JoAnn Lum (CHL 2005)
Six years after the disaster of September 11, the general public may think that all those who survived but became ill from exposure to the toxic fallout were cared for and have moved on with their lives. Certainly the Bush Administration wants us to believe that ... …Read More |
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Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Announces 2007 Community Health Leader Awards
10-04-07
Click each Leader photo above for more information.
The 10 new Leaders represent the diversity of America geographically, culturally, ethically, socially, and economically. …Read More |
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FEATURE: Gulf Coast Leaders Continue to Lead in the Recovery of their Communities
7-20-07
Ask four of the five Gulf Coast Leaders we reached about how things have changed since we met them a year ago and the answer across the board was… some things are better, but much is worse.…Read More |
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Sharon Rohrbach Wins Top Prize
11-10-07
Sharon Rohrbach (CHL 2000), founder of Nurses for Newborns Foundation in St. Louis, is one of only five $100,000 winners of the Civic Ventures Purpose Prize that recognizes outstanding achievements by innovators in the second half of their lives. Sharon says, “This was not a lifetime achievement prize but an investment in what I can do in the future. The United States ranks 42nd in infant mortality in the world; obviously, my work isn’t finished yet.”…Read more >>> |
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CHL Joe Dawsey Shares Lessons Learned After the Storms in Health Affairs
9-04-07
Joe Dawsey (Gulf Coast Award 2006), executive director of Coastal Family Health Center in Biloxi, MS, was featured in an interview with Tom Bearden of PBS’s NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, for a Web exclusive in the Journal Health Affairs. Read the article Rebuilding A Community Health Center Following A Natural Disaster: Interview In Biloxi, Mississippi by clicking below. …Read more >>> |
