Health Policy

September 17, 2012 | Feature/Topic

Browse research, insight and analysis on key issues affecting health and health care in the United States.

Cost-Effectiveness of Therapeutic Hypothermia After Cardiac Arrest

September 1, 2009 | Journal Article

Can Shelter-Based Interventions Improve Treatment Engagement in Homeless Individuals with Psychiatric and/or Substance Misuse Disorders

August 1, 2005 | Journal Article

Although a large number of homeless individuals need psychiatric and/or substance abuse treatment, few receive consistent care. This study tested the effectiveness of a shelter-based intervention that incorporated outreach by a psychiatric social wo ...

Interventions Aimed at Decreasing Obesity in Children Younger Than 2 Years

December 1, 2010 | Journal Article

This literature review describes interventions aimed at preventing weight gain in children under age 2. There are promising signs that weight gain during infancy is preventable.

Capturing Intervention Effects Over Time

October 1, 2005 | Journal Article

We analyzed whether a method for identifying latent trajectories—latent class growth analysis (LCGA)—was useful for understanding outcomes for individuals subject to an intervention. We used LCGA to reanalyze data from a published study of mentally ...

A Mental Health Intervention for Schoolchildren Exposed to Violence

August 6, 2003 | Journal Article

A Randomized Controlled Trial

A Tree in the Storm

April 1, 2006 | Annual Report

The President's Message of the RWJF 2005 annual report, Risa Lavizzo-Mourey discusses the state of our public health system in the wake of catastrophes like Hurricane Katrina, and the ways philanthropy can strengthen that system.