Designing a Healthier Community
November 1, 2004 | Program Result
For its September/October 2003 issue, the American Journal of Health Promotion published a special issue entitled "Health Promoting Community Design."
Community Planning and Development
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Using Health Impact Assessment
January 4, 2011 | Report
Knowledge Asset: This project used Health Impact Assessment (HIA) as a tool to communicate with stakeholders and to advocate to decision-makers in Yellowstone County, Mont.
Advancing Health Equity by Institutionalizing the Role of Local Health Departments in Decisions Affecting the Built Environment
January 4, 2010 | Report
Knowledge Asset: This project sought to broaden the platform of public health work based on the recognition that land-use, transportation, economic development and redevelopment, and housing and education policies are all health policies.
Communities' Readiness to Commit to High-Quality Health Care
June 1, 2010 | Commentary
Now that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act has become law, the question is whether the country is ready to implement its provisions, especially regarding quality. Commentary from Risa Lavizzo-Mourey.
You Tell Us Your Stories
June 18, 2012 | Story
We invited you to share your thoughts about how the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has affected you. And the submissions have started rolling in!
Creating a Community that is Healthy by Design by Using a Health Impact Assessment
October 1, 2010 | Program Result
Montana's Yellowstone City-County Health Department worked with two local hospitals to conduct a community health assessment, which identified the area's most pressing health needs.
Connecting Public Health and Community Development
April 20, 2011 | Story
Building Pathways for Collaboration and Co-Investment to Improve Community Health.
Landmark Studies on Transit, Energy and Nutrition Policies are Focus of New Grants
October 25, 2010 | News Release
Four new health impact assessments will help policy-makers assess the community health effects of their decisions.
Measuring Population Health Outcomes
July 1, 2012 | Journal Article
An ideal population health outcome metric should reflect a population's dynamic state of physical, mental and social well-being. On the basis of a review of outcomes metrics currently in use and the availability of data for at least some U.S. counties, this study makes recommendations for population health outcomes.
We Need Everyone At the Table
April 19, 2010 | Video
In Indiana, community partnerships improve health.