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Is Patient Safety Improving?

February 1, 2012 | Journal Article

This article assesses patient safety indicators (PSIs) over the past decade to examine whether national safety and quality trends have improved. Of the 15 PSIs considered in this study, seven PSIs had increasing annual percentages changes and seven had decreasing annual percentage changes.

Reflections on Fifty Years of Medical Sociology

November 1, 2010 | Journal Article

The Journal of Health and Social Behavior has released a supplemental issue detailing 50 years of research into the social dimensions of health care. Topics include: bioethics, disparities in access to care and the cultural definition of illness.

The Journal of Public Health Management & Practice Focuses on Advances in Public Health Services and Systems Research

November 15, 2012 | Journal Article

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) supports a large and growing collection of research projects that are producing a steady stream of new evidence about the organization, financing, and delivery of public health services.

Evaluation of the Meta-Leadership Summits for Preparedness Initiative

August 1, 2012 | Evaluation

This evaluation assesses whether the Meta-Leadership Summits better prepared business, government, and nonprofit leaders to work effectively together during a public health or safety crisis.

Improving the Health and Health Care of All Americans: A Film About the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

August 7, 2009 | Video

The RWJF story is told through the eyes and voices of the people with whom we work most directly.

Forty-Two Years of Improving Health and Health Care for Mothers, Infants and Families through Nurse-Midwifery

June 28, 2012 | Story

Ruth Watson Lubic recalls the Foundation's early history in the field of nurse-midwifery, and an old trail-blazing friend.

Getting Off to a Good Start

May 1, 2001 | Program Result Report

Between 1993 and 1999, the American Association for World Health, Washington, organized three annual meetings.

Hospital Restructuring: Implications for Patient Outcomes and Workforce Policy

October 18, 2010 | Story

Aiken believes the accumulation of research has changed the nature of the debate about nursing shortages and their consequences, and about the outcomes of hospital restructuring.

Research Grants on Public Health and Law Announced

December 6, 2009 | News Release/Audio

Fifteen new studies will assess how legal approaches affect population health.

Second Round of Grantees for Public Health Practice-Based Research Network (PBRN) Program Announced

November 23, 2009 | Video/Story

Initiative is developing evidence about the most effective ways of organizing, financing and delivering public health services.

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