Evaluation Fellowship Program: A Progress Report
May 12, 2011 | Program Result
RWJF launched the RWJF Evaluation Fellowship Program in March 2008 to increase the presence and influence of under-represented groups in the evaluation field.
Continuing Education Programs
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Recent Proposals to Limit Medigap Coverage and Modify Medicare Cost Sharing
February 24, 2012 | Issue Brief
This paper discusses Medicare’s current cost-sharing requirements, Medigap insurance, and proposals to modify Medicare’s cost-sharing and eliminate first-dollar coverage in Medigap plans. It reviews the evidence on the effects of first-dollar covera ...
We've Seen the Future
July 13, 2012 | Presentation Material
In this group session, Ellen Zane, chief executive officer emeritus of Tufts Medical Center, shares insights into the dynamics of health care markets and how those dynamics might affect the implementation of health reform and efforts to reduce cost ...
Working with Baseball to Change Tobacco's Spitting Image
April 10, 2012 | Program Result
Oral Health America, a Chicago-based organization that advocates improved dental care, launched a public education campaign to reduce the use of spit tobacco (both chewing tobacco and snuff).
Reauthorizing SCHIP
January 8, 2009 | Issue Brief
This document provides a brief overview of some of the policy and programmatic issues that were addressed in legislation to reauthorize the State Children's Health Insurance Program during the summer and fall of 2007.
Support for a Nonpartisan, Informal Information Exchange
April 18, 2011 | Program Result
The National Health Policy Forum provides a nonpartisan, informal and private exchange of information and ideas about health policy among congressional and executive agency policy-makers and their staffs.
Focusing on Physical, Social, Legal and Economic Factors that Promote and Abet Campus Alcohol and Drug Problems
January 27, 2011 | Program Result
From 1996 to 2008 the Higher Education Center for Alcohol, Other Drug and Violence Prevention developed a project to help colleges and universities promote evidence-based "environmental management" policies designed to prevent alcohol and drug abuse.
Public Defenders Get Training to Detect, Advise and Refer Substance-Abusing Clients to Necessary Services
April 20, 2010 | Program Result
Treatment Research Institute developed a pilot project to train public defenders in Pennsylvania to identify clients with substance abuse issues and refer them to appropriate health and social services.
Preparing Staff of Congressional Committees for the Health Reform Debate
January 13, 2010 | Program Result
The Alliance for Health Reform held briefing sessions on the anticipated 2009 Congressional debate on health care reform. The sessions prepared staff of congressional committees with primary jurisdiction over health care policy for the debate.
Strategic Directions for Nursing Research in Tobacco Dependence
July 1, 2006 | Journal Article
This paper seeks to summarize current research into smoking cessation programs as well as to develop a strategic research agenda to focus future research on nurses' involvement in such programs. The authors reviewed information from researchers, cli ...