Public Health News Roundup: May 2
May 2, 2013 | New Public Health Post
Public Health News Roundup: May 2
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Human Capital News Roundup: Medication errors affecting children with cancer, particulate matter, the needs of urban communities, and more.
May 2, 2013 | Human Capital Blog Post
Around the country, print, broadcast and online media outlets are covering the groundbreaking work of RWJF leaders, scholars, fellows, alumni and grantees.
Essential Health Benefits
May 2, 2013 | Issue Brief
States welcome the opportunity to customize their own set of health insurance plans that will offer 10 categories called 'essential health benefits,' but health care providers, consumer groups and patient advocates would prefer a national standard.
Understanding the Economic Costs of Obesity
May 2, 2013 | Story
Health economist John Cawley, PhD, examines obesity from all angles: costs, consequences, and cures.
Making Health Care Work
May 2, 2013 | Story
Kelly Devers, PhD, a Scholar in RWJF Scholars in Health Policy Research program (1994-96), works at the Urban Institute, evaluating changes in the health care system that will save money and improve care, including the use of medical homes.
Linking Social, Health, and Economic Outcomes to Genetics
May 2, 2013 | Story
Former RWJF Scholar Dalton Conley, PhD, brings sociology, economics, and genomics to bear in research on the determinants of economic opportunity.
The Right Place at the Right Time
May 2, 2013 | Story
Jonathan Oberlander, PhD, an RWJF Scholar in Health Policy Research,1995–97, has emerged as one of the nation’s leading researchers and commentators on health care and health care issues in the Obama era.
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Scholars in Health Policy Research
May 2, 2013 | Program Result
Scholars in Health Policy Research builds a field of creative thinkers in the field of health policy. Recent graduates of PhD programs in economics, political science, and sociology study health policy at one of three universities for two years.
The Oregon Experiment--Effects of Medicaid on Clinical Outcomes
May 2, 2013 | Journal Article
Major benefits seen from this Medicaid expansion trial—improved health and well-being; reduced financial strain.
Identifying Factors Behind Race- and Gender-Based Inequalities in Obesity and Cancer
May 1, 2013 | Story
As a Health & Society Scholar, Whitney Robinson, PhD, MSPH, used methodologic innovations to study the incidence and causes of obesity in the United States.