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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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Video Vocab: Understanding the Affordable Care Act
October 11, 2011 | Video
This series of short infographic videos explains concepts of health reform.
The Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Gap
October 11, 2011 | Video
This short infographic video explains what the Medicare Part D donut hole is and how it changes under health reform.
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.
Better Futures Enterprises
December 14, 2010 | Video/Story
The NetWork for Better Futures video on the work of The Twin Cities of Minneapolis & Saint Paul to reduce recidivism, reduce the use of expensive public services, save tax payers money, and improve the lives of those living in our neighborhoods.
Second Round of Grantees for Public Health Practice-Based Research Network (PBRN) Program Announced
November 23, 2009 | Video/Story
Initiative is developing evidence about the most effective ways of organizing, financing and delivering public health services.
Former Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell Hosts Forum on U.S. Health Care Reform
November 16, 2009 | Video
The event was the third forum held by the Bipartisan Policy Center's (BPC) Leader's Project on the State of American Health Care.
Looking Beyond Health Care to Improve the Health of All Americans
August 10, 2009 | Audio
The RWJF Commission to Build a Healthier America hosts a webinar on improving access to healthy foods and the challenges for some to choose and maintain healthy eating habits.
Expanding Coverage in the States
April 30, 2009 | Video/Story
This story highlights three complementary initiatives to expand coverage.
Study Shows America's Farm and Ranch Families are Struggling With Rising Costs of Health Care
September 16, 2008 | News Release/Video/Story
Nearly a quarter of farmers and ranchers say health care costs cause financial problems; spend 42 percent of annual income on coverage and care.
Building a Foundation for Knowing What Works in Health Care
January 1, 2008 | Book/Audio
This report provides a blueprint for a national clinical effective assessment program.