Health Policy
September 17, 2012 | Feature/Topic
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New Projects Bring Health Considerations Into Education, Energy Policy, and Other Decisions
April 2, 2013 | News Release
The Health Impact Project announced eight new grantees to conduct health impact assessments and bring health considerations into decisions on education, sanitation infrastructure, energy and more.
Kathryn S. Fuller, JoAnn Heffernan Heisen and Willard D. Nielsen Join Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Board of Trustees
January 23, 2011 | News Release
Fuller, Heisen and Nielsen join an existing group of 11 board members representing a wide array of backgrounds and passionately committed to improving the health and health care of all Americans and making a difference in your lifetime.
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Partners Launch New Public Health Law Initiative
September 21, 2010 | News Release
Experts available to provide help on issues from cross-border health to injury prevention.
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, The Pew Charitable Trusts Launch National Initiative to Advance Policies That Promote Health
October 20, 2009 | News Release
The national initiative is designed to promote the use of health impact assessments (HIAs) as a decision-making tool for policy-makers.
New Poll Finds Disease Prevention is Top Priority for Americans in Health Reform
June 8, 2009 | News Release
Overall, prevention was rated higher than all other proposals, including providing tax credits to small businesses and prohibiting health insurers from denying coverage based on health status.
RWJF Launches $19 Million Public Health Law Research Program
March 11, 2009 | News Release
Temple University to manage program.
Texas Public Health Groups Launch Ad Campaign About Need for Comprehensive, Statewide Smoke-Free Law
January 27, 2009 | News Release
The campaign focuses on the serious health risks of secondhand smoke, the growing number of states that have enacted comprehensive smoke-free laws and the strong public support for a comprehensive law in Texas.