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Honoring seven new Culture of Health Prize communities
Each year, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation honors and elevates U.S. communities that are making great strides in their journey to better health and well-being. On October 19, 2016, RWJF honored seven communities who won this year’s RWJF Culture of Health Prize at a National Celebration and Learning Event at its...
Hospital wristband color standardization
Establish national standards for the colors of patient wristbands used to alert health care providers about specific conditions such as allergies or elevated fall risk
Hot spot policing
Focus police resources and enforcement on high-activity crime locations within a community (e.g., street blocks and buildings) using policing tactics such as increasing enforcement time, problem-oriented policing, etc.
Household lead control education interventions
Inform parents and caregivers about lead exposure pathways from contaminated dust, soil, water, and air as well as the irreversible health consequences of lead exposure
Housing Choice Voucher Program (Section 8)
Provide eligible families with low and very low incomes with vouchers to help cover the costs of rental housing; also called Section 8
Housing First
Provide rapid access to permanent housing and support (e.g., crisis intervention, needs assessment, case management), usually for chronically homeless individuals with persistent mental illness or substance abuse issues
Housing mediation services
Facilitate mediation between tenants and landlords to resolve conflict and prevent eviction
Housing rehabilitation loan & grant programs
Provide funding, primarily to families with low or middle incomes, to repair, improve, or modernize dwellings and remove health or safety hazards
Housing reparations
Apologize for discriminatory housing policies; increase subsidies, financing, and paths to homeownership for people of color; and invest in systematically disadvantaged neighborhoods