Attempting to measure the overall health of populations allows public health leaders to better allocate resources to areas of greatest need. It also empowers citizens with information to advocate for their local community's investments.
This report lists the number of illnesses, costs, and overall public health burden of specific microbes in particular types of food—such as Salmonella in poultry and Listeria in deli meat.
This study found that mortality rates fell between 1.1 percent and 6.9 percent for each 10 percent increase in local public health spending.
Walking or biking to school provides opportunities for children to increase their physical activity. This study assesses state laws requiring minimum bussing distances, hazardous route exemptions, sidewalks, crossing guards, speed zones, and traffic control measures around school and their relationship to active travel to school polices.
This report by the Trust for America’s Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation concludes that millions of injuries could be prevented each year if more states adopted additional research-based injury prevention policies, and if programs were fully implemented and enforced.
We and our grantees produce research and data about the complex health and health care issues facing the United States. We also publish program evaluations and reports at the end of many projects.
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December 13, 2012 | Issue Brief/Infographic
Research shows strong links between increased education and lifespan, reduced illness, and increased vitality and school success for future generations.
December 5, 2012 | Journal Article
While taxes have helped reduce tobacco use—the single largest cause of death in the United States—by more than 50 percent since the mid-1960s, tobacco use has been largely unchanged for the past 20 years.
November 26, 2012 | Program Result
The Health Impact Project is advancing the use of health impact assessments (HIAs), used to determine the potential health effects of a proposed policy or project. Interest in HIAs is growing at the local, state, tribal and federal levels.
November 15, 2012 | Journal Article
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) supports a large and growing collection of research projects that are producing a steady stream of new evidence about the organization, financing, and delivery of public health services.
November 1, 2012 | Journal Article
For almost a decade, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) has supported major efforts in enhancing the field of public health services and systems research (PHSSR) as part of their larger efforts toward advancing the science and practice of pub ...
November 1, 2012 | Journal Article
This study examines the approaches used by public health practice-based research networks (PBRNs) to expand delivery system research and evidence-based practice in public health settings.
November 1, 2012 | Journal Article
This article introduces Public Health Law Research as an integral part of Public Health Systems and Services Research; discusses the challenges of integrating the two fields; and highlights two examples of current research that demonstrate the benef ...
November 1, 2012 | Journal Article
These researchers propose a standardized case definition, common metrics, and a taxonomy of quality improvement (QI) projects to begin building the evidence base for QI in public health, and to advance the science of continuous quality improvement.
November 1, 2012 | Journal Article
This article discusses the current state of public health finance research through a review of public health finance literature, chronicles important lessons learned from public health finance research to date, discusses the challenges faced by thos ...
November 1, 2012 | Journal Article
Public health practitioners and researchers often refer to state public health systems as being centralized, decentralized, shared, or mixed. These categories refer to governance of the local public health units within the state and whether they ope ...