Research About Vulnerable Populations

Health and Incarceration: A Workshop Summary

Correctional health is both a public health and a public safety issue. Fiscal pressures, litigation, and judicial oversight are pushing states, counties and municipalities to look for alternatives that better meet the health needs of incarcerated populations. This report reviews what is known and what experts point to as the best opportunities to improve the health of justice-involved populations.

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Health Care's Blind Side

In a national survey, four in five physicians say patients’ social needs are as important to address as their medical conditions, and that unmet social needs are leading directly to worse health. Likewise, 80 percent do not feel confident in their capacity to address their patients' social needs given existing resource and time constraints.

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A New Way to Talk About the Social Determinants of Health

Over the course of four years, RWJF undertook an iterative research and message development process informed by both traditional and nontraditional research techniques. This work has helped us communicate more effectively, and we believe in sharing this information with others. In this research, we share a way to create more compelling, effective, and persuasive messages that resonate across the political spectrum.

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Program Evaluations

Journal Articles

Realigning Health With Care

Summer 2012 - Rebecca Onie of Health Leads co-authored this article in the Stanford Social Innovation Review,  which calls for redefining notions of health care services, workforce, and delivery sites to improve health, especially among the most vulnerable.

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Early Intervention in Psychosis

April 2012 - Journal article in Adolescent Psychiatry, "Rationale, Results and Implications for Treatment of Adolescents at Risk."

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Cure Violence

Jan 20, 2012 - Global Journal features Cure Violence (formerly CeaseFire) and its public health approach to curing violence.

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Revolutionizing Elder Care

Nov 1, 2011 - New York Times recognizes Green House® model as, "the most comprehensive effort to reinvent the nursing home"

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Physical Activity and Positive Youth Development: Impact of a School-Based Program

July 11, 2011 - Journal of School Health featured evaluation of schools in California using the Playworks model.

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