Recent Research About Nursing, April 2013
April 10, 2013 | Human Capital Blog Post
New studies focus on nurses’ confidence in hospital safety programs and nurse-led care for asthma patients.
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Human Capital News Roundup: Emergency department ‘sticker prices,’ longevity among women, asthma control, and more.
March 8, 2013 | Human Capital Blog Post
Around the country, print, broadcast and online media outlets are covering the groundbreaking work of RWJF leaders, scholars, fellows and grantees.
Reducing Quality of Care Disparities in Childhood Asthma
March 1, 2013 | Journal Article
Combining two evidence-based interventions yielded a reduction in asthma symptoms and health care utilization.
Human Capital News Roundup: Food billboards, pharmaceutical company gifts to medical students, tracking asthma, and more.
February 8, 2013 | Human Capital Blog Post
Around the country, print, broadcast and online media outlets are covering the groundbreaking work of RWJF leaders, scholars, fellows and grantees.
Asthma Awareness
May 2, 2012 | New Public Health Post
This week in May kicks off the start of Asthma Awareness Month. According to the National Institutes of Health, asthma impacts 230 million people around the world, and 25 million in the US alone. Studies released today to mark asthma awareness obser ...
RWJF Scholar Puts GPS Technology to Work Fighting Asthma
March 5, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
AN: And did the Health & Society Scholars program help with that at all? Van Sickle: Absolutely. Not only did the program provide me access to research funds, but I felt that because RWJF had invested in me, these funds came with the responsibility ...
Programs' Progress
February 27, 2012 | Story
Leaders' Link Newsletter: January/February 2012.
The Association of Health Insurance and Disease Impairment with Reported Asthma Prevalence in U.S. Children
February 1, 2012 | Journal Article
While children with persistent asthma symptoms are treated similarly regardless of insurance status, insured children with intermittent symptoms are more likely than uninsured children to be diagnosed and receive treatment, suggesting insuring more asthmatic children is unlikely to result in treatment cost savings.
Expanding Health Insurance Can Reduce Undiagnosed Pediatric Asthma, RWJF Scholars Find
December 13, 2011 | Story
But it may not reduce acute care and emergency department utilization.
National Trends in Ambulatory Asthma Treatment, 1997¿2009
December 1, 2011 | Journal Article
Changes in office-based treatment of asthma coincide with reduced asthma morbidity and mortality over the same period.