Breaking Through on the Social Determinants of Health and Health Disparities
December 1, 2009 | Issue Brief
An Approach to Message Translation
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Strong Medicine for a Healthier America
December 20, 2010 | Journal Article/Story
American Journal of Preventive Medicine supplement examines how social factors affect health and offers recommendations for action.
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Commission to Build a Healthier America
April 9, 2009 | Issue Brief
The Commission's recommendations outline the greatest opportunities to improve the health of all Americans, including improving nutrition, physical activity and early childhood development eliminating tobacco use creating healthy places and establishing accountability for health impact in all policies.
Special Journal Issue of Preventing Chronic Disease Focuses on Community Partnerships to Improve Population Health
October 18, 2010 | Journal Article
A set of special essays in the November issue of Preventing Chronic Disease, a journal published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), presents a set of essays about partnerships toward improving community health.
Beyond Health Care
April 1, 2009 | Report
There is more to health than health care--where we live, work, learn and play can have more to do with how healthy we are than the health care we get.
Improving Our Children's Health Starts Where They Learn and Play
February 7, 2010 | Commentary
This commentary by James Marks, M.D., M.P.H., originally appeared February 8, 2010 on The Huffington Post.
Economic Value of Improving the Health of Disadvantaged Americans
January 21, 2008 | Report
The Commission on Health's recommendations address the social determinants of health and outline the greatest opportunities to improve the health of all Americans, including improving nutrition, physical activity and early childhood development eliminating tobacco use creating healthy places and establishing accountability for health impact in all policies.
Across America, Differences in how Long and how Well We Live
April 2, 2009 | Chart
The RWJF Commission to Build a Healthier America urged all Americans to make healthier choices and society to help remove the obstacles so many people face in making those choices, issuing 10 cross-cutting recommendations for improving the nation's health.
Blue Ribbon Commission Reports Racial Disparities in Drug Addiction Policies - Makes Recommendations
December 23, 2009 | Program Result
The commission sought to influence drug policies and practices, held African-American drug policy summits, worked in communities around the country on drug policy issues and disseminated the commission's policy recommendations.
America's Health Starts with Healthy Children
October 1, 2008 | Chart
This chartbook from the RWJF Commission to Build a Healthier America focuses on the health of children to explore whether we are reaching our full health potential as a nation and in every state.