Awarded Grants

To enhance the awareness and knowledge of the New England public and its policymakers regarding critical health issues especially those affecting the poor and the underserved by intensively training medical journalists.

Creation of a plan that integrates oral health education, assessment and treatment for children, adults and the elderly in the Sullivan County health service area.

To further identify priorities and strategies for improving language access in NH by engaging all key stakeholders.

To develop a statewide campaign to stop the spread of flu in NH, using the principles of social marketing, and working in collaboration with other organizations, including the NH DHHS Immunization Program and the NH Minority Health Coalition.

To bring together grantmaking colleagues with government staff, policy experts, researchers, and community advocates to discuss opportunities and strategies for protecting public programs in the short term and working towards more sustainable and equitable policies over the long term.

To begin to address the dental care needs of nursing home residents in New Hampshire by documenting the current state of dental care for and dental health of nursing home residents in New Hampshire through surveys of nursing home dentists, dental hygienists and administrators and through clinical assessments of a sample of nursing home residents.

To address the gap between research and public policy re: cost, coverage and quality of health care in NH by creating a public policy roadmap for the Endowment's Citizen's Roundtable, by serving as a public policy guide for the Endowment's Pillar's Project and by enhancing the knowledge of NH key health stakeholders by providing onging monitoring and reporting on relevant health and public policy developments.

To help assure that the individuals and families of southern Carroll County have access to quality food by providing appropriate storage for food at the local food pantry.

To plan a multi-year pilot in Manchester to improve the oral health of NH Latinos through behavioral change.

To strategically position NH community/home care agencies to meet the challenges of the future by convening a day long workshop of regional community home care experts for trustees and managers of NH community home care agencies.

To improve the oral health of the people of NH by creating and implementing a statewide oral health plan.

To conduct a systemic assessment of the effectiveness of the InShape program to improve fitness, promote health, and reduce the risk factors associated with excess disability and premature mortality in persons with SMI by a) refining and manualizing the IN SHAPE program, b) quantifying pre-post differences in physical activity, physical fitness, health status, affect, quality of life, and satisfaction with the IN SHAPE program, and c) by exploring age-associated modifications in the intervention necessary to address the needs of older and younger persons.