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January 1, 2013 | Journal Article
Optimism—as well as fruit and vegetable consumption and multivitamin use—found to be positively related to physical health.
February 28, 2013 | Journal Article
A higher rating of purpose in life was associated with a reduced likelihood of stroke during this study’s four-year follow-up.
February 25, 2013 | Journal Article
Optimism was positively correlated with HDL cholesterol and triglycerides, but was not associated with LDL cholesterol and total cholesterol.
May 16, 2012 | Program Result
Ashoka, via its Changemakers initiative, hosted two international online idea competitions and developed Changeshops, an open-source platform allowing innovators to introduce their projects, seek funding and exchange ideas.
December 15, 2009 | News Release
The winners of Rethinking Mental Health: Improving Community Wellbeing emerged from a field of 340 inspiring solutions submitted from 42 countries.
March 25, 2013 | Program Result
The UCLA Family Commons is a new model of preventive mental health care that provides nonstigmatized, cost-effective education and coaching to help families with children from infancy to adolescence address common childhood issues.
March 25, 2013 | Program Result
Developing and promoting a rapid-learning health system, in which health information in large databases is analyzed to improve health care - the work of Lynn Etheredge and the Health Insurance Reform Project at George Washington University.
December 7, 2012 | Pioneering Ideas Blog Post
Few diseases invoke more fear in patients and families than dementia (e.g., Alzheimer’s Disease (AD), progressive multiple sclerosis, Pick’s Disease). Surveys have shown the fear of dementia—especially AD—far outweighs concerns of a diagnosis of can ...
September 17, 2012 | Program Result
From late 2008 through 2011, the team from the Kaiser Permanente Research Program on Genes, Environment, and Health (RPGEH) built a biorepository to support studies of genetic and environmental contributors to many common diseases.
May 9, 2008 | Program Result
Researchers from the Alliance for Children and Families explored recent advancements in neuroscience and how they affected the behavioral health care practices of Alliance member organizations.