Do Community Health Workers Need Formal Training and Certification?
November 16, 2012 | Story
RWJF grantee presents his research at the American Public Health Association annual meeting.
Community Outreach/Community Health Workers
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Strategies Proposed by Healthy Kids, Healthy Communities Partnerships to Prevent Childhood Obesity
January 1, 2012 | Journal Article
Healthy Kids, Healthy Communities partnerships proposed strategies to prevent obesity similar to those newly recommended by the CDC.
Raising the Flag for Community Health Workers
January 26, 2010 | Program Result
From 2006 to 2009, staff members at the Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, worked to raise the profile and influence of community health workers in the health care system and among policy-makers.
Children's Futures: Lessons From a Second-Generation Community Change Initiative
January 1, 2009 | Journal Article
Children's Futures, a 10-year RWJF initiative, developed a comprehensive, citywide program in Trenton, N.J. focusing on the critical time period of prenatal care to age three to ensure health and school readiness. This article explores the initiative's first five years, the available results and lessons learned.
Campaign that Asks "Is it Good for the Children?" Prompts Changes in Kansas City
August 1, 2004 | Program Result
The Partnership for Children developed a campaign to mobilize community support for children and youth in Greater Kansas City.
How the Health and Community Development Sectors are Combining Forces to Improve Health and Well-Being
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.
Community Development Efforts Offer a Major Opportunity to Advance Americans' Health
November 1, 2011 | Journal Article
Community development and public health are two forces that often have the same goals. By enhancing the opportunities for good health in the places where we live, learn, work, play and worship, community development initiatives can be important drivers of improved health.
Partnerships Among Community Development, Public Health, and Health Care Could Improve the Well-Being of Low-Income People
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.
Despite Obstacles, Considerable Potential Exists for More Robust Federal Policy on Community Development and Health
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.
Healthy Communities
November 7, 2011 | Presentation Material
Healthy Communities Conference: On Monday, November 7, RWJF, the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco and The Pew Charitable Trusts will host the 2nd National Healthy Communities conference in Washington, DC. The all-day event will include an update on progress, with panels on systemic changes needed in policy, data and financing.