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Grants: Year 1993 Cancer
| RECIPIENT |
PURPOSE |
TOTAL AWARDS |
1993 PAYMENTS |
Commonweal
Bolinas, CA |
To support the Institute for The
Study of Health and Illness' professional development program for physicians
and other licensed health professionals working with patients with lifethreatening
illnesses such as cancer and AIDS. (3 years) |
$225,000 |
$75,000 |
Living Through Cancer
Albuquerque, NM |
To establish Living Through Cancer
programs in the African American community in Albuquerque and in the northern
pueblos of New Mexico. (2 years) |
50,000 |
25,000 |
Policy Resource Center
Washington, DC |
To support the Center for The Advancement
of Health/Cancer Initiative to increase cancerrelated psychosocial research
and support services related to the needs of cancer patients and their families.
(3 years) |
300,000 |
100,000 |
The University of Buffalo Foundation
Buffalo, NY |
To support a study on the impact
of tamoxifen on mood and cognition in women treated for breast cancer. |
62,400 |
62,400 |
University of Rochester
Rochester, NY |
To evaluate whether communitybased
health professionals can be trained to deliver supportive group therapy
as well as the impact of supportive group therapy on disease recurrence
in women with primary breast cancer. (1992 award, $175,20016 years; supplemental
award in 1993, $90,000/5 years) |
90,000 |
186,700 |
Mind / Body
| RECIPIENT |
PURPOSE |
TOTAL AWARDS |
1993 PAYMENTS |
Beth Israel Medical Center
New York, NY |
To develop the Program for Humanistic
Health Care, a major educational initiative to incorporate humanistic and
complementary approaches to the delivery of care throughout the medical
center. |
$100,000 |
$100,000 |
Duke University
Durham, NC |
For a study to test the hypothesis
that U.S. regional differences in coronary heart disease mortality are associated
with differences in hostility and social support. |
41,500 |
41,500 |
Harvard University
Boston, MA |
To support a study of the Center
For The Study Of Culture And Medicine to clarify the ways social processes
in both natural and clinical settings transform mind/body relations to produce
healing. (1992 award, $1 19,90013 years) |
|
48,200 |
Leland Stanford Junior University
Palo Alto, CA |
To determine the health outcomes
and cost effectiveness of stress reduction techniques on individuals at
risk for cardiovascular disease. (3 years) |
415,500 |
112,500 |
The North Charles Mental Health
Research Training Foundation
Cambridge, MA |
For the development and evaluation
of a prototype nonpharmacological home treatment kit to be used in the treatment
of pregnancy-induced high blood pressure. |
70,000 |
70,000 |
The Policy Resource Center
Washington, DC |
To establish a Center for the Advancement
of Health. (1991 award, $400,000/3 years) |
|
150,000 |
University of Louisville Research
Foundation
Louisville, KY |
To develop new courses in mind/body
medicine at the University and to encourage the development of professional
careers in clinical services and research related to mind/body medicine.
(1990 award, $210,000/3 years) |
|
60,000 |
The Wellness Community - National
Santa Monica, CA |
For a quality assurance program
which will monitor program delivery at all Wellness Community facilities. |
47,300 |
47,300 |
Underserved
| RECIPIENT |
PURPOSE |
TOTAL AWARDS |
1993 PAYMENTS |
Association for Children for Enforcement
of Support
Toledo, OH |
To strengthen government regulations
requiring noncustodial parents with health insurance to provide coverage
for their children. |
$45,000 |
$45,000 |
Catholics for a Free Choice
Washington, DC |
For the Latina Initiative, to increase
the participation of national Hispanic organizations in the reproductive
health debate. |
55,000 |
55,000 |
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Washington, DC |
To increase participation in the
federallyfunded Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants, and Children.
(1992 award, $250,000/ 3 years) |
|
75,000 |
Families USA Foundation
Washington, DC |
To implement a grassroots outreach
and public education program on health care reform in the Southeast. |
150,000 |
150,000 |
Harvard University
Boston, MA |
To help the media better address
the public's health care concerns and to enable foundations to involve the
public more effectively in health care solutions. (3 years) |
75,000 |
25,000 |
Health Access Foundation
San Francisco, CA |
To conduct a public education and
media campaign to educate Californians about their stake in health care
reform at the national and state levels. |
54,000 |
54,000 |
Institute for Women's Policy Research
Washington, DC |
To determine the costs and savings
involved in providing health services of special importance to women through
national health care. |
60,000 |
60,000 |
Judge David L. Bazelon Center for
Mental Health Law
Washington, DC |
To promote family-centered care
for emotionally disturbed children. (2 years) |
75,000 |
75,000 |
National Academy of Sciences
Washington, DC |
To support an 18month study of the Institute
of Medicine on mind/body medicine. (1991 award, grant returned) |
(100,000) |
(100,000) |
National Association of State-Based Child Advocacy
Organizations
Washington, DC |
To provide state and communitybased child advocates
with the information, training, and technical assistance they need to educate
and mobilize public awareness around the special needs of children and pregnant
women in health care reform. |
75,000 |
75,000 |
National Black Women's Health Project
Atlanta, GA |
To support the Walking for Wellness Program.
(1992 award, $175,000/ 2 years; failed to meet match requirement, grant
reawarded in March 1994) |
(75,000) |
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National Community AIDS Partnership
Washington, DC |
To provide challenge grants for projects which
address the needs of women and girls with HIV/AIDS. (2 years) |
55,000 |
55,000 |
National Consumers Foundation
Chicago, IL |
To educate Illinois residents on the policy
issues involved in health care reform. |
53,900 |
53,900 |
National Council of Negro Women
Washington, DC |
To increase the capacity of national African
American women's organizations to engage in public education, outreach,
and service activities to improve the reproductive health of African American
women. |
55,000 |
55,000 |
Older Women's League
Washington, DC |
To define and develop consensus around a comprehensive
women's health benefits package. |
40,000 |
40,000 |
Porcupine Clinic Health Board
Porcupine, SD |
For general support of this communityrun clinic
on the Pine Ridge Reservation. |
50,000 |
50,000 |
Society for the Advancement of Women's Health
Research
Washington, DC |
To develop and implement a strategic plan for
increasing medical research on how effectively to treat women and women's
diseases. |
50,000 |
50,000 |
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA |
To conduct a study which will enable adolescents
to advise health care providers on how best to deliver and market preventive
health services for adolescents (18 months). |
57,000 |
57,000 |
Women's Prison Association and Hopper Home
New York, NY |
For the HIV Law project, to research the activities
of National Institutes of Health related to HIV and women in order to develop
a strategy to change NIH practice. |
55,000 |
55,000 |
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TOTALS FOR 1993 |
$2,231,600 |
$2,008,500 |
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