The Early Detection, Intervention and Prevention of Psychosis in Adolescents and Young Adults (EDIPPP) initiative has gathered evidence to show the value of engaging communities toward preventing severe mental illness in young people. Hear about one young woman's journey.
Jessica Donze Black, director of the Kids' Safe and Healthful Foods Project, talks about why students need healthy foods in schools.
Mary Story, director of Healthy Eating Research, and Tracy Fox, president of Food, Nutrition and Policy Consultants, discuss why we need healthier beverage standards.
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.
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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October 8, 2009 | Video/Story
David Carey is being honored for his work to help people with disabilities direct and control their own health care services, and for his activism to ensure safe public transportation options for them.
April 18, 2011 | Video/Story
Diversity in the health care workforce is a guiding principle of all Foundation programs.
August 23, 2010 | Video/Story
Read the profiles about each of the 10 winners and watch the video to learn how each has made a difference in their communities.
November 1, 2011 | Video/Story
It's more than two or more health professionals working side by side; it's about respect and understanding.
October 30, 2008 | Video/Story
A program to promote work-based learning for quality care.
October 5, 2010 | Video/Story
Committee on the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Initiative on the Future of Nursing, at the Institute of Medicine statement.
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.