Group-Based Incentives for Weight Loss Produce Better Results
April 22, 2013 | Story
RWJF Scholar identifies most effective incentive programs for employee weight loss.
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April 22, 2013 | Story
RWJF Scholar identifies most effective incentive programs for employee weight loss.
February 14, 2012 | Story
A profile of Sarah Strunk, MHA, director of Healthy Kids, Healthy Communities.
October 1, 2012 | Journal Article
Decline in deaths from coronary heart disease may be attributed to both improved lifestyles and medical interventions.
March 6, 2013 | Pioneering Ideas Blog Post
Lori Melichar spoke with Drs. Kevin Volpp and David Asch, co-directors of the Foundation’s Behavioral Economics Initiative at the University of Pennsylvania, to talk about low-value health care.
March 4, 2013 | Pioneering Ideas Blog Post
Lori Melichar Gadkari, PhD, MA, a labor economist and senior program officer in the Foundation’s Research and Evaluation team shares information on Pioneer's newest CFP in the field of behavioral economics.
January 24, 2012 | Story
Travis built his New Connections research project on a data set from the 1997–2002 evaluation of the Health Link Program.
April 27, 2011 | Journal Article
This commentary urges public health professionals to monitor developments in interactive technology (video games are now more popular than movies). Video games whose stories and objectives portray aspects of personal health might give rise to healthier thought patterns and behaviors.
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As this video illustrates, Start Strong is promoting healthy relationships as the way to prevent teen dating violence and abuse before it starts.
January 30, 2013
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