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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May 22, 2009 | Journal Article
This article presents data from the Midlife in the United States (MIDUS) study from 1995 and follow-up conducted in 2004. The authors examine effects of several types of psychosocial stress on weight gain and differences among men and women.
May 1, 2011 | Issue Brief
Breaking Through on the Social Determinants of Health and Health Disparities An Approach to Message Translation
April 1, 2009 | Commentary
Serving as an introduction to a special issue of Health Promotion Practice featuring reports on community interventions, this article by James S. Marks, M.D., M.P.H., senior vice president and director of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Health Group, serves as a public health call-to-action.
April 1, 2009 | Journal Article
This article presents conclusions drawn from a work group to examine methodologic issues in research on food and physical environments. Transdisciplinary research on these environments has been hampered by several methodologic challenges.
October 26, 2012 | Story
A Conversation with APHA executive director Georges Benjamin.
October 26, 2012
A conversation with Brian Gallagher, President and CEO of United Way Worldwide about working together across sectors to create lasting change.
March 1, 2009 | Journal Article
The "go-along" interview method is an opportunity for health researchers to learn more about place by going with individuals on excursions within the local-area context. The "go-along" interview method can be used with other research methods and has a number of advantages and limitations.
March 1, 2009 | Journal Article
This article examines the relationship between media literacy and smoking rates among adolescents. Since exposure to smoking-related advertising is linked to higher rates of adolescent smoking, increasing media literacy among this demographic may have an impact on smoking rates.
April 1, 2012 | Journal Article
A study exploring the relationship between health risk behaviors of lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) youth and the religious environment of their communities found that the religious climate in which LGB youths live can determine their health risk behaviors.
March 28, 2012 | Journal Article
A study exploring the relationship between health risk behaviors of lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) youth and the religious environment of their communities found that the religious climate in which LGB youths live can determine their health risk behaviors.