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

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.

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 enhance the ability and interest of NH's early childhood educators to improve the health of NH's young children by convening a professional development conference for early childhood educators.

To better understand the health needs of NH's foster children in order to better meet their needs by gathering, analyzing and disseminating information to key stakeholders.

To successfully replicate and test expanding the disease focus of the community prevention and treatment initiative (CPTI) model in four NH communities.