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September 30, 2013 | New Public Health Post
RWJF.org recently pulled together a collection of resources on “adverse childhood experiences”—how common they are and what they can mean for the adults those traumatized children become.
September 27, 2013 | Story/Grantee
USA Today Profiles Violence Prevention as Urgent Health Priority
September 5, 2013 | Topic
RWJF invests in programs and approaches that focus on changing behavioral norms and community conditions to help stop the spread of violence before it starts.
June 21, 2013 | Culture of Health Post
Low incomes, subpar education, and often race and ethnicity, combine to create a conspiracy against health.
June 19, 2013 | Culture of Health Post
An op-ed highlights a recent summit and ongoing efforts in Philadelphia to raise awareness about the negative impact of ACEs on health, education, and other outcomes.
May 29, 2013 | Story
In 2001, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) named Susan Chasson, MSN, JD, a Community Health Leader in recognition of her work to change the way the health care system in Utah treated victims of sexual and physical abuse and assault.
May 12, 2013 | Infographic
RWJF is part of a growing network of leaders working to increase awareness and understanding of the impact of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and the need to develop effective innovative interventions. Share our infographic.
May 10, 2013 | Feature/Infographic
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is working to increase awareness and understanding of the impact of ACEs and the need to develop effective innovative interventions.
April 30, 2013 | New Public Health Post
Last year, more than 675,000 U.S. children were victims of maltreatment. Preventing abuse and neglect in the first place by giving families the support they need, when they need it, yields the best outcomes.
February 22, 2013 | Human Capital Blog Post
Antoinette L. Laskey is an associate professor of pediatrics and division chief and medical director at the Center for Safe and Healthy Families at the Primary Children’s Medical Center at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City.