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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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Our 40th Anniversary Video Greeting
August 7, 2012 | Video
RWJF President and CEO Risa Lavizzo-Mourey reflects on our legacy, and invites you to help us envision the 40 years to come.
Healthiest and Least Healthy Counties Ranked in Every State
April 3, 2012 | News Release/Video
2012 County Health Rankings show what influences how healthy residents are, how long they live.
Expanding "Hot Spotting" to New Communities
January 1, 2012 | Video/Presentation Material
What We're Learning about Coordinating Health Care for High-Utilizers.
Public Health Accreditation Board Launches National Accreditation for Health Departments
September 14, 2011 | News Release/Video
The goal of PHAB’s accreditation program, is to protect and improve Americas’ health by advancing the quality and performance of all of the nation’s public health departments.
Re/Storing Nashville: Connecting Community Groups and Policy-Makers to Reduce Food Deserts
August 23, 2011 | Video
RWJF will reverse the rise in childhood obesity by the Year 2015.
A Call to Action in Clare County, Michigan
October 12, 2010 | Video/Story
Clare County, Michigan, ranked last in its state in this nationwide assessment. Here's how local officials developed the tools and information to help improve the health of county citizens.
CDC Journal Features Essays on Selection and Use of Metrics in Efforts to Improve Community Health
June 15, 2010 | Audio/Journal Article
Researchers evaluate health metrics.
Public Health in Action
April 19, 2010 | Video
Our new video series showcases some of our nation’s leading innovators in public health.
We Need Everyone At the Table
April 19, 2010 | Video
In Indiana, community partnerships improve health.
U.S. Quitlines at a Crossroads
April 1, 2010 | Report/Video
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation-funded initiative helps increase smoker awareness of smoking cessation options.