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February 1, 2013 | Issue Brief
Policies and practices that support young men of color in their teen years can help put them on the path to lead healthy and productive lives. Young men of color face more obstacles in education, employment, and health than their white peers.
May 2, 2013 | Story
During the decade since he was a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Scholar in Health Policy Research, political scientist Vincent Hutchings, PhD, has continued to explore the intersection of race, politics, communication, and conflict in America.
December 1, 2012 | Journal Article
Blacks, and especially poor Black males, show increases in blood pressure with increases in blood lead levels.
September 1, 2011 | Issue Brief
The conditions in the communities where Americans live, learn, work and play also play an important role in people's ability to make those healthy choices.
January 2, 2013 | Human Capital Blog Post
This post is part of the "Health Care in 2013" series.
November 15, 2012 | Story
An interdisciplinary trio of grantees finds research on heart disease, birth outcomes and health-related behavior misleading and inadequate to determine public health policy.
September 1, 2011 | Journal Article
Living in a segregated neighborhood has implications for pregnancy outcomes.
October 5, 2011 | Story
RWJF Health & Society Scholar calls for closer examination of the interplay between various causes of race-based health disparities.
December 1, 2010 | Journal Article
This study investigated whether feeling more masculine and mistrusting health care institutions caused African-American men to delay using preventive health services. The authors recruited participants from community barbershops and academic institutions.
July 7, 2011 | Program Result
The World Health Organization Commission on Social Determinants of Health met in New Orleans from November 18-20, 2007 to discuss how social factors - such as access to money, education and safe housing - impact people's overall health and longevity.