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October 1, 2010 | Program Result Report
The National Network of Public Health Institutes (NNPHI) fosters networking and collaboration among public health institutes and their governmental and other partners. It launched this project to strengthen the nation's public health institutes.
July 14, 2010 | Program Result Report
A research team at the University of Arkansas and the University of Kentucky replicated a 1998 survey of large public health systems in order to develop an evidence-based typology of the structure and dynamics of local public health delivery systems.
January 1, 2009 | Commentary
In this commentary prepared for the 2008 Active Living Research Conference, Philip Insall of Sustrans, a UK nonprofit organization, shares his insights into how research can be used to shape policies that encourage people to travel on foot or by bicycle.
March 1, 2012 | Journal Article
MUSIQ tool identifies contextual factors that affect the success of quality improvement efforts.
November 22, 2009 | News Release
The Episteme Award is received for highly significant research. The award was presented for the Transitional Care Model (TCM), an innovative approach to addressing the needs of high-risk chronically ill elders and their family caregivers.
August 22, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
RWJF and The Alliance for Health Reform sponsored a briefing to discuss oral health care in the United States, particularly for children and other vulnerable populations.
February 1, 2012 | Journal Article
Provisions of the Affordable Care Act offer extraordinary opportunities to insure many more people, reimburse previously unreimbursed services, integrate care using new information technology tools and treatment teams, confront complex chronic comorbidities, and adopt underused evidence-based interventions.
July 1, 2004 | Journal Article
In this article, the authors present a study designed to evaluate whether quality improvement cycles performed by nurse practitioners can improve community acquired pneumonia (CAP) guideline compliance.
September 1, 2007 | Journal Article
Most studies investigating links between social capital and health have relied on work by Robert Putnam who conceptualized social capital as features of social organization, such as interpersonal trust, reciprocity norms, and engagements with commun ...
January 1, 2006 | Journal Article
A collection of recent public health research has turned to the relationship of social capital and its impact on health and well being. Criticism of this work focuses on lack of theoretical support and use of flawed methodology. This paper addresses ...