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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January 18, 2010 | Book/Video
Personal health records (PHRs) pair information with simple yet sophisticated tools that empower patients to manage their health information and take action to improve their health and health care.
May 6, 2008 | Video/Story
Connecting the worlds of video games and health, with positive results.
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.
October 1, 2009 | Book/Video
Feature: The Power and Potential of Personal Health Records
November 7, 2009 | Book/Video
In order for PHRs to flourish, health care providers must increase their systematic use of electronic health records (EHRs) and other health information management systems that communicate with personal health records.
November 7, 2009 | Book/Video
Feature: The Power and Potential of Personal Health Records
November 7, 2009 | Book/Video
Personal health records (PHRs) grant patients unprecedented access to and control over their personal health information.
January 1, 2011 | Audio
Using new technologies such as smartphones and sensors, teams are designing applications that can be used by real people to improve their health, better engage in their health care and enhance patient-provider communication.
January 1, 2011 | Audio
Using new technologies such as smartphones and sensors, teams are designing applications that can be used by real people to improve their health, better engage in their health care and enhance patient-provider communication.
November 7, 2009 | Book/Video
The capacity to store information electronically and exchange it with other institutions is an essential step toward realizing the benefits of PHRs.