Work Environment
Verbal Abuse by Colleagues Reduces New Nurses’ Commitment to Employer, Job
Study finds new nurses in Magnet hospitals experience less verbal abuse.
Human Capital
Regional Suicide Rates
Solving the Riddle of the U.S. ‘Suicide Belt’
One reason the American West has high suicide rates is its residential instability, RWJF Health & Society Scholar finds.
Diagnostic Differences
Are We Underestimating Asthma Rates?
New study by two alumni of the RWJF Health & Society Scholars program examines how pediatricians assess asthma symptoms.
New Perspective on Depression
Solitude May Be Better for Mental Health Than Poor Relationships
Interacting with unsupportive family members may lead to depression—especially in women.
New Opportunities
Social Media Could Revolutionize Behavioral Health Science
Online communities offer new ways to study how social influences affect health-related behaviors, RWJF scholar finds.
Breast Cancer Prognosis
High-Fat Dairy Linked to Higher Mortality for Breast Cancer Survivors
RWJF scholar conducts first study to examine effects of high- and low-fat dairy intake on breast cancer survival.
Disparities in Immunity May Be Linked to the Social Determinants of Health
The national fight to eradicate health disparities has often focused on structural concerns such as a lack of access to quality care and the dangers of toxic environments. Research has confirmed the relationship between the extreme stress of poverty and the risk of disease. But to a great degree, the exact pathway between extraordinary life challenges and disease has remained a mystery.
Two Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health & Society Scholars, Allison Aiello and Jennifer Dowd joined Sheldon Cohen, a professor of psychology at Carnegie Mellon University, to explain one possible map for that pathway at their recent symposium, the Social Determinants of Susceptibility: At the Intersection of Social and Infectious Epidemiology, held at Columbia University. Their work asks: When people are exposed to the same infectious agents, who gets sick and why?
Read moreBridging the Oral Health Care Gap
More providers, better access to public transportation and providers who can treat Medicaid patients are needed to bridge gaps in care in rural and underserved communities, writes Monique Trice, a graduate of the RWJF Summer Medical and Dental Education Program.
Read the blog postBreaking the Silence on African-American Men’s Health
"Many African American men are invisible from health care settings until their health conditions are severe,” RWJF New Connections grantee Keon Gilbert writes. His work seeks to identify leverage points to promote health and to prevent the onset of chronic disease.
About the Human Capital Portfolio
We prepare health professionals for leadership, support scholars in their research, and promote diversity in order to build a skilled health care workforce ready to address the health, cost and quality challenges facing the nation.
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News from Human Capital Grantees
The Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action
Campaign for Action, organized by RWJF in collaboration with AARP, is an initiative to advance comprehensive health care change. The campaign addresses challenges confronting nursing to help transform the health care system.
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Current Calls for Proposals
Now accepting applications for the RWJF Health & Society Scholars program. Deadline: September 20, 2013
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RWJF Human Capital News
Read all the latest about the work of RWJF Scholars and Fellows.
Learn about RWJF Human Capital Programs
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The Human Capital Blog
- Graduate Medical Education Funding Is Not Helping Solve Primary Care, Rural Provider Shortages, Study Finds June 19, 2013
- Where Supply Meets Demand: Why Medical Students Should Aim Their Sights at Primary Care June 18, 2013
- Life-Changing Fellowship Spurred Me to Pursue Advanced Nursing Degree June 17, 2013
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