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May 29, 2014 | Program Results Report
The Robert Wood Johnson Community Health Leaders program, established in 1991, has honored 206 unsung and unusually resourceful people working in communities to improve health and access to care for underserved and often disenfranchised populations.
September 30, 2013 | Program Results Report
For two decades, the Investigator Awards program has built the foundations of health policy by supporting innovative projects unlikely to be funded elsewhere, by researchers in sociology, history, political science, law, and ethics, among others.
September 30, 2013 | Program Results Report
Thirteen health departments implemented 32 quality improvement (QI) projects and worked with evaluators to assess the results, gather lessons, and build evidence on the use of QI in public health and as a tool to prepare for accreditation.
September 17, 2013 | Program Results Report
The Family Acceptance Project at San Francisco State University implemented a research-based family model of prevention and care to decrease family rejection and increase family support for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) adolescents.
September 17, 2013 | Program Results Report
A Mormon youth, Bryce, struggled with gender identity. Kicked out of his home, he identified as Brianna, and was helped by family education resources from the Family Acceptance Project that works to increase family support for LGBT adolescents.
September 17, 2013 | Program Results Report
The Family Acceptance Project at San Francisco State University implemented a research-based family model of prevention and care to decrease family rejection and increase family support for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) adolescents.
September 17, 2013 | Program Results Report
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Local Funding Partnerships is a 25-year-old national program providing matching grants for innovative community-based projects aimed at improving the health and health care of underserved and vulnerable populations.
September 12, 2013 | Program Results Report
Going Solo: The Extraordinary Rise and Surprising Appeal of Living Alone, examines social isolation and the growing trend of living alone. Author Eric Klinenberg, PhD, wrote the book with funding from RWJF.
September 12, 2013 | Program Results Report
To investigate health care disparities, M. Robin DiMatteo, PhD, and a team of researchers at the University of California-Riverside, examined links between patient vulnerability and physician-patient communication during primary care visits.
September 12, 2013 | Program Results Report
The Harold Amos Medical Faculty Development Program is a long-running RWJF initiative to increase the number of faculty from historically disadvantaged backgrounds who achieve senior rank in academic medicine and dentistry.