Achieving Equity in Health
October 6, 2011 | Issue Brief
The brief explores what is known about health and health care disparities, discusses recent efforts to close the gaps, and provides policy recommendations for reducing disparities.
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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.
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.
Why Does Education Matter So Much to Health?
December 13, 2012 | Issue Brief/Infographic
Research shows strong links between increased education and lifespan, reduced illness, and increased vitality and school success for future generations.
Strong Medicine for a Healthier America
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.
Citizen-Centered Health Promotion
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.
Healthy Homes and Communities
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.
Businesses as Partners to Improve Community Health
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.
Strengthening the Public Research Agenda for Social Determinants of Health
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.
Beyond Health Care
April 1, 2009 | Report
There is more to health than health care--where we live, work, learn and play can have more to do with how healthy we are than the health care we get.