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October 29, 2012 | Program Result
From 2006 to 2010, AcademyHealth hosted health policy conferences, research meetings, and sessions on state-level research and policy to build and support the field of health services research and its application to health policy.
August 9, 2011 | Program Result
A team at Harvard led by Nicholas Christakis, M.D., Ph.D., M.P.H, built several health-related social network data sets and used them to analyze the role social networks play in health and health care. Some findings achieved national media coverage.
October 1, 2002 | Program Result
The Institute of Medicine held a symposium of experts in behavioral and social science, epidemiology, grantmaking, health and social policy, and population health to discuss and develop strategies for community- or population-wide health improvement.
December 1, 2002 | Program Result
The Health Promotion Research Foundation held the 12th Annual Art and Science of Health Promotion Conference on February 12-16, 2001, in Washington, D.C., to begin to document the health and financial impact of health promotion.
December 1, 1998 | Program Result
The American Journal of Health Promotion held a conference, "Health Promotion Across the Life Span," on March 23-28, 1998, in Monterey, Calif.
October 17, 2008 | Program Result
The New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services created, implemented and evaluated HealthEASE—a coordinated health promotion program for older adults to change the way in which services are delivered locally.
December 1, 2006 | Program Result
The National Hispanic Medical Association convened a national health leadership summit where participants explored how the health care system affects Hispanics and made recommendations to improve this group's health and health care.
May 1, 2005 | Program Result
To find ways to raise awareness among the American public of the importance of non-medical determinants of health and well-being, RWJF initiated research and planning in 2001 through an internal authorization of funds.
June 1, 2005 | Program Result
Researchers from the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School developed and conducted a preliminary survey of participants in the RWJF national program Prescription for Health: Promoting Healthy Behaviors in Primary Care Research Networks.
January 1, 2003 | Program Result
Tufts University School of Nutrition Science and Policy in Medford, Mass., on behalf of the Partnership to Promote Healthy Eating and Active Living, held a two-day summit on healthy eating and active living in Washington on April 25-26, 2000.