Childhood Obesity Program Area
RWJF is committed to tackling one of the most urgent threats to the health of our children and families—childhood obesity. Our goal is to reverse the childhood obesity epidemic by 2015.
Chronic Disease Management
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Improving Care for Millions of Americans Living with Chronic Illness
August 15, 2012 | Feature/Story
"There had to be better integration and coordination of care, focusing on both medical and nonmedical needs."
Health e-Technologies: Building the Science of eHealth
May 28, 2010 | Program Result
Health e-Technologies supported research to evaluate the effectiveness of technological applications in improving health behaviors and chronic disease management and in enhancing patient-provider interactions.
Survey Assesses Strengths and Weakness of Service Agencies for the Elderly
March 1, 2003 | Program Result
In 2000, the National Council on the Aging conducted a survey among community service organizations concerning their health and social support programs for older adults.
Grant Funds Hiking and Biking Trail at Richmond, Va., Home for Chronically Mentally Ill
May 1, 2002 | Program Result
Gateway Homes of Greater Richmond (Va.) constructed a three-mile hiking and biking trail on its 30-acre campus and purchased eight mountain bicycles, bicycle helmets, water bottles and first-aid kits.
Patients Benefit from Interventions to Change Their Behaviors
August 1, 2002 | Program Result
The Center for the Advancement of Health conducted a study of the availability and integration of health behavior change programs in managed care.
In Getting Older Patients to Exercise, Study Finds that Rx is Empathy
April 1, 2007 | Program Result
Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health examined communication between health care practitioners and their older adult patients on physical activity.