An RWJF Community Health Leader Remembers Her Award - One Year Later
October 17, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
Chrysanne Grund reflects on her experience in the year since she was named an RWJF Community Health Leader.
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Special Report: Exploring Accreditation of Public Health Departments
May 18, 2010 | Program Result Report
Developing an accreditation system to encourage public health departments to measure their performance against national standards.
Highest Rates of Adult Obesity
July 29, 2009 | Story
Mississippi has the highest rate of adult obesity in the country at 32.5 percent.
CDC's Capacity Inventory for Emergency Preparedness Worked Relatively Well in Three States
November 17, 2008 | Program Result Report
The National Network of Public Health Institutes compared how states assessed local emergency preparedness using a common assessment tool, the CDC's Public Health Preparedness and Response Capacity Inventory.
Turning Point: Collaborating for a New Century in Public Health
May 13, 2008 | Program Result Report
Turning Point: Collaborating for a New Century in Public Health defined its mission as to "transform and strengthen the public health system in the United States to make the system more effective, more community-based and more collaborative."
Quality Improvement Strategies for Public Health Agencies to be Explored in 10 States
January 7, 2007 | News Release
The Multistate Learning Collaborative is expected to identify tools that can be used by health departments in preparation for accreditation.
It Takes a Community to Solve a Health Problem
January 1, 2003 | Program Result Report
From 1993 to 2001, George Washington University Medical Center, Washington, developed and implemented Community Health in Focus, a program designed to use the convening role of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) to stimulate action on health care issues identified by local communities.