Breaking the Silence on African-American Men’s Health
May 14, 2013 | Human Capital Blog Post
"Many African American men are invisible from health care settings until their health conditions are severe," Keon Gilbert writes.
Chronic Illness
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Why Don’t Depressed People Live as Long as Others?
April 24, 2013 | Human Capital Blog Post
RWJF Health & Society Scholar Jason Houle, recently published a study that finds association between depressive symptoms and mortality is due to later health problems, not prior physical health conditions.
Spending Money to Save Money in Health Care
April 5, 2013 | Human Capital Blog Post
Investing in programs that prevent chronic diseases would ultimately decrease the costly long-term expenditures driven by those diseases, Ashok Reddy writes.
Coming Home: Affordable Assisted Living
February 25, 2013 | Program Result Report
Coming Home: Affordable Assisted Living is a national program to develop affordable models of assisted living, with a focus on smaller and rural communities and low-income seniors.
State Insurance Exchanges Face Challenges In Offering Standardized Choices Alongside Innovative Value-Based Insurance
February 4, 2013 | Journal Article
Transparency about benefits and cost sharing, and uniform definitions and descriptions of design attributes—in plain English—will be necessary to support informed consumer decision-making.
Chronic Pain Teaches RWJF Scholar a Lesson in Listening
January 10, 2013 | Story
John Pederzolli triumphs over a decade of chronic—but preventable pain—and brings the lessons he learned to the nursing profession.
The Role of Caregivers in Supporting Patients Living with Chronic Illness
December 17, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
For many patients living with chronic illness, it’s those who help patients care for themselves who may make the difference between successfully and unsuccessfully coping with complex self-management regimens.
Improving Chronic Illness Care
December 1, 2012 | Report
This evaluation was of a program designed to test the effectiveness of the use of learning collaboratives and the Chronic Care Model in improving health care organizations’ ability to improve the health of patients with chronic illness.
Diabetes Initiative
December 1, 2012 | Report
This program was a 30-month, multi-site initiative to improve diabetes self-management and to determine whether self-management principles could be implemented effectively in real-world settings.
An Integrated Framework for Assessing the Value of Community-Based Prevention
November 2, 2012 | Report
This report proposes a framework to assess the value of community-based, non-clinical prevention policies and wellness strategies.