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December 1, 2012 | Journal Article
This article examines the extent to which smoking prevalence varies across geographic areas, specifically communities, health regions, and provinces/territories in Canada, independent of individual characteristics. Geography contributed to the total variation in smoking at 8.4 percent.
August 2, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
The opportunity to participate in this international event which celebrated the accomplishments of some very amazing people was a proud and humbling moment. Humbling because I never expected something this significant would happen to me. However, it ...
August 1, 2012 | Journal Article
Global health challenges are increasingly more prominent as city populations continue to grow, making community health a priority.
July 6, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
This post is part of a series in which Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) leaders, scholars, grantees and alumni offer perspectives on the U.S. Supreme Court rulings on the Affordable Care Act. Julia Lynch, PhD, is an associate professor at the U ...
June 1, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
I left the building to breathe and had scarcely been outside for more than a moment when someone had come to retrieve me, saying the young woman and her mother had asked for me. It seemed even the air had changed since I had left a moment before. Th ...
May 3, 2012 | Story
One of the most sensitiveand misunderstoodissues of our time stood between a Clinical Scholar and her patients, so she reached out to their community to find a solution.
March 22, 2012 | Story
RWJF Scholar escaped Taliban as a child and overcame oppression, misogyny and deep poverty before coming to U.S. and earning bachelor's degree in nursing.
January 17, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
I approached the customs window and handed the man the piece of paper, as Baba (Dad) instructed. I can barely read my Baba’s handwritten English, let alone his handwritten Arabic, but I knew that the piece of paper told the man behind the window who ...
October 10, 2011 | Human Capital Blog Post
Doctors who register at DUFH.org are contacted with information about their Haitian counterpart. Once their trip is arranged they typically stay in Haiti one to two weeks, working as part of an integrated team to help alleviate patient load for the ...
May 12, 2011 | Human Capital Blog Post
By Susan Hassmiller, Ph.D., R.N., F.A.A.N. Director of the Initiative on the Future of Nursing and RWJF Senior Adviser for Nursing Last summer, I fulfilled a lifelong dream in journeying to London and Turkey to follow in Florence Nightingale’s foots ...