RWJF Celebrates 40 Years of Research and Evaluation
August 16, 2012 | Story
Download a recorded September 19 webinar, “40 Years of Research and Evaluation at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.”
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A Report on "Why Bad Ads Happen to Good Causes"
May 1, 2003 | Program Result
A June 2001 study by the research firm Roper Starch Worldwide (now RoperASW) found that readership of 195 public interest ads appearing in national publications in the years 1990-2000 had been dismal. The study, commissioned by communications consultant Andy Goodman, and funded by the Pew Charitable Trusts, relied on analyses already in ASW's database estimating the ability of print ads to capture a reader's attention, hold his or her interest and establish the name of the advertiser.
Credibility of Research Hinges on Its Independence from the Health Care System
July 1, 2001 | Program Result
Between 1999 and 2000, the Association for Health Services Research (AHSR), (now Academy Health) Washington, carried out a project designed to strengthen support for health services research – a field that has helped to identify solutions to problems of cost, quality, and access in the health care delivery system.
Online Guide: Everything a Qualitative Health Researcher Needs to Know
May 15, 2008 | Program Result
Researchers at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ) created an online guide for researchers employing qualitative methods in health care research.
RWJF Grant Helps Build Research and Analytic Capacity Needed by Congress
May 1, 2007 | Program Result
The Congressional Research Service strengthened its capacity to analyze major demographic, economic and social changes on health care issues pertaining to the elderly, children and the uninsured.
Looking for Connections to Combat Childhood Obesity
September 4, 2012 | Program Result
Researchers at LeCroy & Milligan Associates analyzed the networks of organizations working on childhood obesity prevention to describe their relationships, determine RWJF's position in the network, and identify potential future connections.
Improving Health Services Research
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.
Journal Provides Practical Advice for Data Safety Monitoring in Research Involving Human Subjects
July 1, 2006 | Program Result
The American Federation for Medical Research developed and published a supplement to the Journal of Investigative Medicine that provides practical advice about developing data and safety monitoring plans for research involving human subjects.
Grant Supports Health Services Research Through Meetings, Improved Databases
September 1, 2006 | Program Result
AcademyHealth undertook a range of activities from July 2003 through July 2005 to strengthen the field of health services research.
Researchers Identify Ways to Measure and Improve Home Health Care
March 1, 2005 | Program Result
From 1988 through 2003, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) supported the Development and Implementation of a Quality Improvement System for Home Health Care. The effort comprised six projects and was designed to improve the quality of home health, long-term and ambulatory care, and to study methods to improve health care quality in these settings.