Health Policy
September 17, 2012 | Feature/Topic
Browse research, insight and analysis on key issues affecting health and health care in the United States.
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Advancing Public Health Practice and Policy Solutions
January 4, 2011 | Issue Brief
Under its Advancing Public Health Policy and Practice solicitation, RWJF funded 16 projects and the Center for Creative Leadership produced Knowledge Assets that synthesize the work and learnings from these projects.
Who Will Keep the Public Healthy?
January 1, 2003 | Report
The Committee on Educating Public Health Professionals for the 21st Century, under the Institute of Medicine (IOM), examines the education of public health professionals and directs recommendations for strengthening public health education, research, and practice.
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Policy Fellows
National Program
To allow midcareer health professionals and behavioral and social scientists to participate in a one-year residency in Washington, D.C., working for Congress on health policy issues.
Better Jobs, Better Care: Building a Strong Long-Term Care Workforce
National Program
To create changes in policy and practice that will lead to recruitment and retention of high-quality direct care workers in nursing homes and in home- and community-based settings.
Developing Universal Symbols for Health Care Facilities
May 13, 2011 | Program Results Report
Project staff worked with a design team to create and test a set of universal graphic symbols to help people with limited proficiency in English find their way around health care facilities.
Better Jobs Better Care: Building a Strong Long-Term Care Workforce
April 27, 2011 | Program Results Report
Better Jobs Better Care supported changes in long-term-care policy and provider practices to reduce high vacancy and turnover rates among the paraprofessionals who provide direct care to older adults and to improve the quality of that care.
Vermont: Empowering Direct-Care Workers Through Education
April 25, 2011 | Program Results Report
"We made sure we developed both centralized and individualized curricula that addressed the needs expressed by each participating site" in the Vermont Better Jobs, Better Care project, said the project director.
Pennsylvania: Forming Regional Coalitions in a Large State
April 25, 2011 | Program Results Report
The lead agency for the 40-member Pennsylvania coalition for the Better Jobs Better Care project divided the state into five regions in order to provide a local focus on long-term care worker issues in the large state.
Iowa: Giving Direct-Care Workers a Voice
April 25, 2011 | Program Results Report
The Iowa Better Jobs, Better Care project involved a 20-member coalition and 13 long-term-care nursing facilities and home care agencies in developing, implementing and evaluating the practice interventions.
Identifying Effective Catalysts for Action Toward Community Health Improvement in Underserved Communities in Wisconsin
January 4, 2011 | Report
Knowledge Asset: The goal of this project is to promote broad-based community health improvement in underserved rural communities in Wisconsin through a low-cost health communication intervention.