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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August 7, 2009 | Video
The RWJF story is told through the eyes and voices of the people with whom we work most directly.
March 20, 2009 | News Release/Video
"Positive deviance" efforts turn the tide on antibiotic-resistant infections.
March 4, 2009 | Audio
Professor Sir Michael Marmot, chair of the World Health Organization Commission on Social Determinants of Health and director of the International Institute for Society and Health, University College London, was the first lecturer in a series sponsored by Martin Seligman.
February 28, 2009 | Video/Story
An international coalition is helping the health care sector become ecologically sustainable and reduce harm to public health and the environment.
September 17, 2008 | Video
Nine research teams from across the country unveiled innovative prototypes of personal health record (PHR) applications that provide a glimpse of the "next generation" of PHRs.
September 1, 2008 | Issue Brief/Video
A serious chronic disease in its own right, diabetes can lead to other chronic conditions such as heart disease, kidney disease and stroke.
May 6, 2008 | Video/Story
Connecting the worlds of video games and health, with positive results.