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January 1, 2003 | Program Result
From late 1997 to the end of 2000, the Esperanza Community Housing Corporation provided internships for bilingual residents of a low-income neighborhood in South Central Los Angeles who had been trained as professional community health promoters. Esperanza developed the health-promoter training program to increase access to health and health care information, and...
September 1, 2002 | Program Result
The Healthy Mothers Healthy Babies Coalition - a national coalition of more than 200 organizational members representing diverse maternal and child health constituencies - held three separate national conferences on maternal and child health.
November 1, 2011 | Journal Article
The root causes of poor health experienced by many who live in low-income neighborhoods are well documented, but often go beyond the scope of the health care delivery system. Growing partnerships between the health and community development sectors are forming to address these challenges.
November 1, 2011 | Journal Article
The community development "industry" draws on public subsidies and other financing to transform impoverished neighborhoods into better-functioning communities. There is a strong potential for cross-sector collaborations to reduce health disparities and slow the growth of health care spending, while improving economic and social well-being in America's most disadvantaged communities.
November 1, 2011 | Journal Article
The implementation of the Affordable Care Act of 2010 and the Obama administration's urban policy create an opportunity to link community development with health in new and powerful ways.
January 1, 2011 | Journal Article
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's President and CEO, Risa Lavizzo-Mourey introduces a supplement to the American Journal of Preventive Medicine that makes public the research of the Commission to Build a Healthier America.
January 1, 2011 | Journal Article
A review of findings that support a citizen-centered approach to improving health behaviors argues that lasting change in individuals' health behaviors requires collaboration among communities' clinical, business, educational, civic and governmental entities.
January 1, 2011 | Journal Article
A review of the evidence from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Commission to Build a Healthier America recommendations on the creation of healthy community environments affirmed the Commission's recommendations and identified steps to implement and expand upon them.
January 1, 2011 | Journal Article
This editorial from the National Business Coalition on Health discusses the role of employers in creating healthier workplaces and communities. The author identifies different stages of employer involvement in health and outlines actions that businesses and public health organizations can undertake together.
January 1, 2011 | Journal Article
This article describes the work of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to support research on the social determinants of health. The NIH is building a more robust social determinants research agenda through a broad range of research programs.