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The Need for Healthier Beverage Recommendations
Mary Story, director of Healthy Eating Research, and Tracy Fox, president of Food, Nutrition and Policy Consultants, discuss why we need healthier beverage standards.
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Meet Six Prize-Winning Communities
The RWJF Roadmaps to Health Prize honors outstanding community partnerships that are helping people live healthier lives. These communities are creating a culture of health in their backyards. They were selected in 2013 from more than 160 applicants for their innovative strategies.
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A Look Back: The Campaign for Action Summit on the Future of Nursing 2013
From February 28 through March 1, 2013, Action Coalitions from throughout the nation gathered in Washington for the summit. More than 200 leaders from nursing, medicine, business, health systems, philanthropy, and academia joined to share innovative ideas for transforming health care and improving health.
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Unsung Heroes of the Storm
When Hurricane Sandy barreled ashore, bringing with it high winds and heavy seas, public health professionals stared disaster in the face. Though the job of recovery seemed daunting, they proved equal to the task at hand.
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Inside the Buckingham Schools Renovation Project
In 2006, Terry Huang, a researcher at the National Institutes of Health, proposed a new approach to combating childhood obesity: architecture. VMDO Architects, in collaboration with the University of Virginia and University of Nebraska, redesigned a 1950s-era elementary school in rural Virginia to encourage healthy eating and physical activity among all students.
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Care About Your Care 2013
A national conversation about what hospitals, primary care practices, post-acute care facilities, and patients are doing to improve care transitions and reduce hospital readmissions.
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Home. Stronger, Together.
May 31, 2012 | Video/Story
Promise story for Keeping Families Together, a grantee of the Vulnerable Populations portfolio.
Finding Answers: Disparities Research for Change-An Update
January 10, 2012 | Video/Story
Since 2005, Finding Answers has awarded and managed research grants totaling $8 million to health care organizations implementing interventions aimed at reducing disparities.
Aligning Forces for Quality: Videos from the National Meeting
December 27, 2011 | Video/Story
The RWJF’s signature effort to improve the quality of care in the U.S.
Full Partners: Collaboration Across Professions Improves Patient Outcomes
November 1, 2011 | Video/Story
It's more than two or more health professionals working side by side; it's about respect and understanding.
Maximizing Enrollment--Transforming State Health Coverage
October 25, 2011 | Video/Story
This program provides an in-depth assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of each state's current Medicaid and CHIP enrollment and retention systems.
The Future of Nursing: The Work of the Action Coalitions
October 6, 2011 | Video/Story
Hear from members of Action Coalitions who are working around the country to implement recommendations from the Institute of Medicine's report on the nursing profession.
Patients, Providers and Employers Working Together to Improve the Quality of Health Care
August 8, 2011 | Video/Story
Aligning Forces for Quality takes root in Humboldt County, Calif.
Acclaimed Documentary Highlights Cure Violence's Success at Stopping Community Violence
July 29, 2011 | Video/Story
The Interrupters follows this RWJF-supported program and its work in Chicago neighborhoods.
An Innovative Prescription for Better Health
May 9, 2011 | Video/Story
Health Leads relies on volunteer college students to "fill" prescriptions by connecting patients with vital resources.
Re/Storing Nashville
May 9, 2011 | Video/Story
In Nashville, a coalition of faith leaders seeks to improve health and prevent obesity by ensuring access to healthy foods in three underserved neighborhoods without quality grocery stores.