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March 25, 2009 | Book
Federal funding for projects to improve pedestrian and bicycle transportation varies by the relative poverty and education levels of the counties where they are located, as well as by region, according to the first study of the patterns of such federal funding.
January 1, 2006 | Book
In this chapter of the Anthology, Susan Krutt, a communications associate at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and David Morse, the Foundation's vice president for communications, provide an overview of congressional scrutiny of foundations and charitable organizations and the sector's response.
March 25, 2009 | Book
The implementation of federally mandated Local Wellness Policies had a minimal impact, according to a study of 45 rural Colorado school districts. After implementation, there was no change in the time spent in physical education and recess, nor in the policies supporting student participation in those activities.
January 1, 2009 | Book
A new book by co-investigators David Blumenthal, M.D., M.P.P., national coordinator for health information technology, and James Morone, Ph.D., a professor of political science at Brown University, has just been published.
January 1, 2009 | Book
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has made substantial investments in a variety of programs to make families aware that their children might be eligible for SCHIP or Medicaid benefits and to address the practical obstacles to enrollment and renewal. In this chapter of the Anthology, the journalist Irene Wielawski, examines the major Foundation-funded programs with this focus.
January 1, 2006 | Book
Forty-five million Americans, many of them minorities or poor people, lack insurance coverage for basic health care. Research shows that people without health insurance receive less medical care and are in poorer health than insured people. This art ...
January 1, 2004 | Book
During the 1990s, the creation of many community coalitions to fight substance abuse prompted the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to action in making sure that they succeeded. In 1991 and 1992, the Foundation provided two organizations—Join Together ...
January 1, 2004 | Book
The National Health Policy Forum, supported by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation since 1973, provides high-quality non-partisan information and analysis that allows different viewpoints to be heard.
January 1, 2003 | Book
This Anthology chapter analyzes the strategy and the approaches used in a major Foundation-funded communications campaign that supported RWJF's Covering Kids ® program.
January 1, 2002 | Book
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Policy Fellowships Program is one of the Foundation's oldest programs, spanning nearly three decades. It provides one-year fellowships for physicians and other health care professionals to work on health policy issues in Washington, D.C., generally on Capitol Hill.