Health Policy
September 17, 2012 | Feature/Topic
Browse research, insight and analysis on key issues affecting health and health care in the United States.
Although tobacco use has decreased, it is the leading cause of death in the United States. Implementing a combination of policy changes including clean indoor air laws, higher per-pack taxes, and cessation efforts are proven to reduce tobacco use and exposure to secondhand smoke.
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A Tool to Improve the Public's Health - Local-Level Health Information
July 29, 2008 | Program Result Report
Experts in state- and local-level health information met to discuss key issues surrounding the availability and use of local health information, the role public health departments play in collecting and disseminating local health information.
Targeting Commercial Tobacco in the Navajo Nation
August 2, 2012 | Program Result Report
With funding from RWJF's Tobacco Policy Change and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Southwest Navajo Tobacco Education Prevention Project spearheaded an ambitious effort to curb the use of commercial tobacco among the 300,000-member Navajo Nation.
Bridging the Gap: Research Informing Practice and Policy for Healthy Youth
January 28, 2011 | Program Result Report
Bridging the Gap: Research Informing Practice for Healthy Youth Behavior conducts research on how laws, policies, practices, programs and other environmental influences at the state, community and school levels affect youth behaviors.
The Long Shadow of Childhood Trauma
June 10, 2013 | Program Result Report
From 2012 to 2013, researchers at the Center for Outcomes Research and Education examined the impact of childhood trauma on the health of low-income individuals, and began tracking the effects of access to health insurance on their health.
Drug Abuse and Crime Top Public Opinion About Children's Health Care Concerns
February 28, 2000 | Program Result Report
Harvard University School of Public Health designed and fielded original public opinion surveys on health issues and reviewed and synthesized existing surveys conducted by other organizations.
Joint Campaign for Clean Indoor and Outdoor Air Scores Victories in South Carolina
August 2, 2012 | Program Result Report
The South Carolina African American Tobacco Control Network worked with the Coastal Conservation League to promote indoor and outdoor clean air policies. Tobacco Policy Change, an RWJF national program, funded the project.
Support for the FDA's Regulation of Tobacco
October 12, 2011 | Program Result Report
The Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids supported the FDA's new authority to regulate tobacco by monitoring tobacco industry practices, assessing and translating scientific evidence, and defending the FDA against legal challenges.
Rebecca Project for Human Rights Expands Advocacy
May 3, 2011 | Program Result Report
From 2005 to 2010, the Washington-based Rebecca Project for Human Rights expanded its efforts to advocate on behalf of low-income families suffering from the impact of a parent's substance abuse.
Join Together Convenes a Meeting on Keeping Kids Healthy and Produces a Report on Screening and Brief Interventions for Risky Drinking and Drug Taking
August 27, 2009 | Program Result Report
Join Together developed lessons and recommendations from RWJF child and adolescent-focused initiatives to keep children safe, healthy and addiction free and prepared and distributed a report on screening and brief interventions for risky drinking and drug taking.
Spreading the Word
January 1, 2001 | Program Result Report
This project included three activities in conjunction with the April 1996 release of the federal Agency for Health Care Policy and Research Smoking Cessation Clinical Practice Guideline.