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March 1, 2001 | Program Result Report
In 1997 and 1998, staff at Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., organized two conferences on physician-assisted suicide and what it means to persons with disabilities, along with two training sessions that focused on developing ways of educating people with disabilities on the subject.
February 18, 2013 | New Public Health Post
An article in the New York Times reports that health departments in some states are increasing their efforts on gun safety and suicide prevention in part because of a startling finding by researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health: far more ...
September 29, 2011 | Human Capital Blog Post
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health & Society Scholar Mark L. Hatzenbuehler, PhD, last week participated in a Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) panel on bullying and suicide among youth. His topic: how these issues affect lesbian, gay ...
September 8, 2011 | New Public Health Post
In the U.S., the most recent data show that over 34,000 lives are lost to suicide each year, and over 350,000 people are seen in emergency rooms every year for self-inflicted injuries. To bring attention to this health issue, World Suicide Preventio ...
April 18, 2011 | Story
LGB youth are 20 percent more likely to attempt suicide in a negative social environment than in a positive one, regardless of their individual risk factors, concludes study by RWJF Health & Society Scholar.
April 18, 2011 | Journal Article
Characteristics of the social environment increase the risk of suicide attempts for lesbian, gay and bisexual youth.
August 1, 2000 | Program Result Report
In 1997, the Radio and Television News Directors Foundation in Washington produced and disseminated a journalists' resource guide on end-of-life issues.
November 9, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
Voters across the country were presented Tuesday with more than 170 ballot initiatives, many on health-related issues.
October 17, 2012 | News Release
RWJF honors Kathi Toepel with a 2012 Community Health Leaders Award.
June 7, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
Around the country, print, broadcast and online media outlets are covering the groundbreaking work of Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) leaders, scholars, fellows and grantees. Some recent examples: Michigan Radio reports on a study led by RWJF ...