African Americans' Lives Today
June 4, 2013 | Survey/Poll
African Americans report being satisfied with their lives in general, but many have economic and health concerns, and experience discrimination
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RWJF Joins Major Initiative to Aid Boys and Men of Color
April 16, 2013 | Feature
Foundation Leaders Pledge Action on Issues Facing Boys and Young Men of Color
New Policy Brief and Update on Forward Promise
February 28, 2013 | Story/Issue Brief
A new policy brief provides an overview of findings from a scan conducted by RWJF and CLASP to surface the most pressing issues facing boys and young men of color in the areas of education, health, and employment.
Building Infrastructure to Document the U.S. Food Stream
February 1, 2013 | Journal Article
This commentary praises the detailed work of the article “Food Companies’ Calorie-Reduction Pledges to Improve U.S. Diet," which describes the independent evaluation of the Healthy Weight Commitment Foundation (HWCF) pledge to remove 1.5 trillion calories a year from the marketplace by the end of 2015.
Uneven Playing Field--Effective Strategies to Address Health Inequity Through Active Living Research
February 1, 2013 | Journal Article
Combining efforts like the one between NAACP and Active Living Research will help fight the battle against childhood obesity more effectively.
Investing in Boys and Young Men of Color
February 1, 2013 | Issue Brief
Policies and practices that support young men of color in their teen years can help put them on the path to lead healthy and productive lives. Young men of color face more obstacles in education, employment, and health than their white peers.
Blacks and Hispanics Are Less Likely Than Whites to Complete Addiction Treatment, Largely Due to Socioeconomic Factors
January 7, 2013 | Journal Article
More than one-third of the approximately two million people entering publicly funded substance abuse treatment in the United States do not complete treatment.
A Novel Look at Racial Health Disparities
December 1, 2012 | Journal Article
Blacks, and especially poor Black males, show increases in blood pressure with increases in blood lead levels.
National Urban League Tackles Childhood Obesity
November 27, 2012 | Program Result Report
In 2010, the National Urban League launched an initiative to address childhood obesity through policy and program activities both on the national level and through its local affiliates.
Connecting With Care in Low-Income Boston Neighborhoods
November 19, 2012 | Program Result Report
The Connecting With Care project of the Alliance for Inclusion and Prevention demonstrated that it was economically feasible to bring full-time, mental-health clinicians to schools in the low-income Boston neighborhoods of Dorchester and Roxbury.