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April 15, 2013 | Human Capital Blog Post
Martin Schiavenato, an RWJF Nurse Faculty Scholar, has invented a revolutionary tool to assess pain in premature infants and potentially protect them from its negative developmental effects.
April 12, 2013 | Human Capital Blog Post
RWJF Health & Society Scholar Sammy Zahran discusses his study that finds children in Detroit may be exposed to lead from contaminated soil.
April 5, 2013 | Program Result
Healthy Eating Research aims to reduce childhood obesity by funding studies to examine policy and environmental approaches with potential to improve children's diets - especially children in the groups at the highest risk for obesity.
April 4, 2013 | Story
Searing experience led RWJF Nurse Faculty Scholar to use ‘glass orb’ technology to create a tool to detect premature infant pain.
April 1, 2013 | Journal Article
A CHIP expansion simulation finds sensitivity to higher contributions for higher income families.
March 25, 2013 | Program Result
Researchers at the Hilltop Institute evaluated the implementation of Maryland’s tax-based outreach initiative, the Kids First Act, and how well the state achieved its goal of identifying and enrolling uninsured children eligible for Medicaid or CHIP.
March 19, 2013 | News Release
New study reveals striking understaffing for critically ill babies compared with national guidelines.
March 14, 2013 | Program Result
The California Center for Public Health Advocacy studied data on childhood obesity in the state to determine whether incidence of the condition had declined from 2005 to 2010, and whether any decline could be attributed to changes in policy.
March 7, 2013 | Commentary
RWJF President and CEO Risa Lavizzo-Mourey sees "pockets of progress toward reversing the childhood obesity epidemic," but says more needs to be done.
March 6, 2013 | Story
A grantee team focuses on how to do a better job of caring for children