The Commission was formed to investigate why Americans aren’t as healthy as they could be and to look outside the health care system for ways to improve health for all.
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April 1, 2011 | Book
This study concluded that declining real minimum wage rates have contributed to the increasing rate of overweight and obesity in the United States. Studies to clarify the mechanism by which minimum wages may affect obesity might help determine appropriate policy responses.
April 1, 2011 | Book
The authors used measures of educational achievement such as highest grade attended, highest grade completed, and drop out status among adolescents to ascertain whether weight affected educational achievements. Analyses did not detect any strong associations between weight and educational achievement among youth surveyed in the 1997 National Longitudinal Survey of Youth.
January 1, 2011 | Book
This section of the Anthology features five chapters highlighting programs from the Foundation’s Vulnerable Populations portfolio—that part of the Foundation that works at the intersection of health and the social and economic factors that influence ...
January 1, 2011 | Book
The analysis of networks examines the relationships between different individuals, groups or organizations.
September 1, 2012 | Book
Risa Lavizzo-Mourey joins the nation’s leading experts in policy, finance, education, and other fields to explore the complexities of poverty and what it takes to build vibrant communities that help people lead healthy, productive lives.
April 1, 2011 | Book
This study supports findings from earlier studies showing that the Food Stamp Program does not have any statistically significant effect on food consumption. This study examined consumption patterns in families headed by single mothers with a high school education or less.
April 1, 2011 | Book
The authors examine relationships between body mass index (BMI) and wages.
January 1, 2011 | Book
This article provides fresh evidence of low mortality rates among adult and older Hispanic immigrants. The authors cite numerous studies, including several refuting "salmon-bias " Hispanic neighborhoods seem to provide cultural support systems promoting good health.
October 1, 2012 | Book
This chapter in Volume XV of To Improve Health and Health Care, explores a new and important source of data, the County Health Rankings.
January 1, 2004 | Book
Much work now focuses on economic and racial and ethnic disparities in health and health care. Bruce Link and Jo Phelan address the fundamental causes of health inequalities and raise important questions about the models through which we view the ca ...