Health Policy

September 17, 2012 | Feature/Topic

Browse research, insight and analysis on key issues affecting health and health care in the United States.

Why We Need Urban Health Equity Indicators

August 1, 2012 | Journal Article

Global health challenges are increasingly more prominent as city populations continue to grow, making community health a priority.

Integrating Health and Health Care: Reed Tuckson Q&A

Reed Tuckson, MD, is the Executive Vice President and Chief of Medical Affairs at the UnitedHealth Group. We sat down with Tuckson to discuss the potential for better integration of public health and health care.

Integrating Health and Health Care: Richard Umbdenstock Q&A

Richard Umbdenstock, president and chief executive officer of the American Hospital Association, discusses the trend toward greater integration between public health and health care.

Healthy Cities, Healthy Suburbs

August 1, 2002 | Issue Brief

Progress in Meeting Healthy People Goals for the Nation's 100 Largest Cities & Their Suburbs.

Journal of Health and Social Behavior Highlights Five Decades of Key Findings from Medical Sociology

October 13, 2010 | Story

Special issue emphasizes impact of social factors and disparities on health and health care in the United States.

2007 California Summit Seeks Consensus on State's Health Policy Agenda

April 29, 2008 | Program Result Report

The Public Health Institute convened the California Health Strategy Summit to address the challenges posed by communicable and chronic diseases in the state.

Smoking in Context

December 1, 2012 | Journal Article

This article examines the extent to which smoking prevalence varies across geographic areas, specifically communities, health regions, and provinces/territories in Canada, independent of individual characteristics. Geography contributed to the total variation in smoking at 8.4 percent.

Transitions in State Public Health Law

March 1, 2009 | Journal Article

A Robert Wood Johnson Foundation project created the Turning Point Act, a framework for the modernization of public health law, in 2003. The authors of this study performed a comparative analysis how four states implemented the Turning Point Act.

RWJF Commission to Build a Healthier America to Release Recommendations Report

March 12, 2009 | Story

Overall health will not improve until factors outside of the medical care system also are addressed.

Launching the Mid South Health Initiative for the People of Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi

October 17, 2008 | Program Result Report

The Foundation for the Mid South engaged stakeholders in a planning process to launch the Mid South Health Initiative, designed to identify strategies that would improve the health of people in Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi.