A Research Network to Prevent Obesity Among Latino Children
March 1, 2013 | Journal Article
RWJF's Salud America! has developed a network of experts and community advocates working to reverse Latino childhood obesity.
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The Five Cs
October 1, 2012 | Book
An excerpt from Chapter 4: The Five Cs, as it appears in To Improve Health and Health Care, Volume XV.
Philadelphia Freedom
September 6, 2012 | Commentary/Journal Article
This commentary by Robert Wood Johnson Foundation President and CEO Risa Lavizzo-Mourey and Senior Vice President and Director, Health Group, Jim Marks reflects on the findings from “Obesity and Severe Obesity among Students in the School District o ...
Why Health, Poverty, and Community Development Are Inseparable
September 1, 2012 | Book
Risa Lavizzo-Mourey joins the nation’s leading experts in policy, finance, education, and other fields to explore the complexities of poverty and what it takes to build vibrant communities that help people lead healthy, productive lives.
July 2012 President's Message to the Board of Trustees
July 1, 2012 | Annual Report
In her July 2012 message, Risa Lavizzo-Mourey examines the challenges that confront the nation in the aftermath of the Supreme Court's landmark ruling upholding the Affordable Care Act.
The Push for the Summit
May 15, 2012 | Annual Report
As we mark our 40th year as a national philanthropy, our 2012 President's Message reflects on the landscape of our achievements to date, in areas of health policy as diverse as chronic conditions, tobacco use and end-of-life care. We now set our sights on frontiers and summits yet to come—notably, the deepening and pervasive crisis in health care costs.
The Nurse Education Imperative
March 21, 2012 | Journal Article
Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, president and CEO of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation outlines the growing need for nurses to be educated at the Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) level and beyond, which benefits health care organizations and ensures a competent and skilled health care workforce in the future.
How the Health and Community Development Sectors are Combining Forces to Improve Health and Well-Being
November 1, 2011 | Journal Article
The root causes of poor health experienced by many who live in low-income neighborhoods are well documented, but often go beyond the scope of the health care delivery system. Growing partnerships between the health and community development sectors are forming to address these challenges.
2011 President's Message: Force Multipliers
July 1, 2011 | Annual Report/Video
In her 2011 President's Message, Risa Lavizzo-Mourey looks at forces affecting RWJF's work and describes some of the extraordinary members of the RWJF family who are leading a quiet revolution.
Strong Medicine for a Healthier America
January 1, 2011 | Journal Article
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's President and CEO, Risa Lavizzo-Mourey introduces a supplement to the American Journal of Preventive Medicine that makes public the research of the Commission to Build a Healthier America.