Working Together to Improve Health: Risa Lavizzo-Mourey Q&A
October 28, 2012
A conversation with RWJF President and CEO Risa Lavizzo-Mourey on working across sectors to improve people's health.
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Physician Advice on Exercise and Diet in a US Sample of Obese Mexican-American Adults
July 1, 2011 | Journal Article
Analysis of survey data indicates that half of a sample of obese Mexican-Americans never received advice to exercise more or eat healthier possibly obstructing disease prevention. Physicians are unlikely to give weight-related advice when obese patients lack comorbid conditions.
Preventive Care
August 1, 2007 | Report
This report on the underuse of preventive care in the U.S. documents how many lives are lost unnecessarily each year due to underutilization of preventive care and details which services in particular are not being efficiently accessed by Americans. ...
States Slash Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Budgets
December 1, 2011 | Issue Brief
Tobacco use is the leading cause of preventable death in the United States. States collect billions of dollars in tobacco revenue from the 1998 tobacco settlement and tobacco taxes—with less than two cents of every dollar going to fight tobacco use.
Working Together to Improve Health: Georges Benjamin Q&A
October 26, 2012 | Story
A Conversation with APHA executive director Georges Benjamin.
Smoking Estimates from Around the World
December 4, 2009 | Journal Article
The objective of this study is to contribute new multinational findings on basic descriptive features of smoking and cessation, based upon standardized community surveys of adults residing in seven low-income and middle-income countries and 10 higher-income countries from all regions of the world.
Feedback from the Field
June 7, 2010 | Story
"One Minute Memos" from our partners and the public, sharing their thoughts and ideas on health reform.
Med Schools Could Put Students' Health Behavior and Prevention Training Higher on Their Agendas
April 1, 2004 | Program Result Report
From 2002 to 2003, researchers at the American Medical Student Association Foundation, in collaboration with researchers at Emory University School of Medicine, assessed students' and deans' attitudes about student health programs and prevention training at 16 medical schools.
2002 Conference Held on Chronic Disease Prevention and Control
October 1, 2003 | Program Result Report
In 2002, the Association of State and Territorial Chronic Disease Program Directors co-sponsored the 16th National Conference on Chronic Disease Prevention and Control.
Developing Insights into Disparities
November 1, 2007 | Story
Race and ethnicity affects how patients and their physicians interact and can impact health outcomes.