A Conversation with Risa Lavizzo-Mourey
October 1, 2012 | Book
An excerpt from A Conversation with Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, in To Improve Health and Health Care, Volume XV.
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Playworks/Sports4Kids
January 1, 2011 | Book
In this chapter of the Anthology, Carolyn Newbergh tells the story of a promising program that emerged from a conversation between an activist trying to raise money for a children's art museum and an Oakland elementary school principal who, concerned about making recess less unruly, asked why nobody was doing anything about bringing play back onto the playground.
The National Health Care Purchasing Institute
January 1, 2010 | Book
In this chapter of the Anthology, author Michael H. Brown offers an in-depth examination of a single program, the National Health Care Purchasing Institute.
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Politics of Health Care Reform
January 1, 2009 | Book
In this chapter of the Anthology, Brown University political science professor James Morone explores how the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation used the more activist tools at its disposal--particularly advocacy, policy development and communications--in an attempt to bring about health care reform.
Enrolling Eligible People in Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program
January 1, 2009 | Book
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has made substantial investments in a variety of programs to make families aware that their children might be eligible for SCHIP or Medicaid benefits and to address the practical obstacles to enrollment and renewal. In this chapter of the Anthology, the journalist Irene Wielawski, examines the major Foundation-funded programs with this focus.
Helping Former Prisoners Reenter Society
January 1, 2009 | Book
In this chapter of the Anthology, Will Bunch, a journalist with the Philadelphia Daily News, looks at Health Link, an early prisoner re-entry program that ran between 1992 and 2002 and was funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The program tested the idea of caseworkers helping recently released inmates with jobs, education, health, housing and other social services.
Health Services Research
January 1, 2008 | Book
A new field of health care professionals—nurse practitioners.
Reducing Teenage Pregnancy
January 1, 2008 | Book
In addition to providing insights about reducing teenage pregnancy, this chapter traces the evolution of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's efforts over a 20-year period to address this potentially controversial issue.
Hospital Steps Ease Nurse Shortage in Near Term but Long-Term Worries Persist
June 26, 2006 | News Release
Hospitals have used a mix of short-term and long-term strategies to deal with nurse shortages, particularly efforts emphasizing nurse education, competitive compensation, and temporary staff. Interviews with health care leaders from Round Five of th ...
The SmokeLess States Program
January 1, 2005 | Book
This chapter describes SmokeLess States: National Tobacco Policy Initiative, one of the largest investments made by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, with $99 million authorized in grants since 1992.