Public Health
Academy for Educational Development Inc.
Washington, DC
Conference on disseminating novel approaches to understanding the consumer perspective on tobacco cessation
$44,984
(6 months)
ID 61072
Alaska Inter-Tribal Council
Fairbanks, AK
Integrating health impact assessments into the federal environmental impact process with a focus on Alaska Native communities
$391,428
(2 years)
ID 63350
Albert B. Sabin Vaccine Institute
Washington, DC
Colloquium on protecting public trust in immunization
$50,000
(4 months)
ID 63199
American Legacy Foundation
Washington, DC
Support for a public/private partnership to help American adults stop smoking
$720,000
(3 years)
ID 60024
American Nonsmokers' Rights Foundation
Berkeley, CA
Providing rapid response funding to enable communities and groups to support, protect or implement smoke-free policies
$1,000,000
(13 months)
ID 61524
Association of State and Territorial Health Officials
Arlington, VA
Building the foundation for state public health agency accreditation by defining core services for quality improvement
$696,456
(2 years)
ID 58818
Building Advocacy for Policy Change to Improve the Nation's Health
To develop and advance policy recommendations for how a modernized public health system should be structured, funded, staffed and held accountable.
Other Program Activities
Trust for America's Health
Washington, DC
Building sustainable advocacy capacity for improving the nation's health
$7,669,235
(3 years)
ID 61977
Building the Data Infrastructure, Analytic Capacity and Transfer-to-Practice Framework for Public Health Systems Research
To help develop public health research priorities, create a data resource and technical assistance center, support data analyses to assist national public health organizations and assess the performance and impact of public health systems.
Program Sites
AcademyHealth
Washington, DC
Support for the annual public health services research interest group meeting
$100,000
(13 months)
ID 63455
Other Program Activities
Communications Project
Multiple Contractors
Developing public health systems research
$85,600
(18 months)
ID 61484
University of Kentucky Research Foundation
Lexington, KY
Creating a resource center for public health systems and services research
$2,820,222
(4 years)
ID 61895
National Association of County and City Health Officials
Washington, DC
Developing NACCHO's ability to support public health research in order to strengthen local public health departments and build an evidence base
$1,993,183
(4 years)
ID 61911
National Association of Local Boards of Health
Bowling Green, OH
Data collection and research on boards of health
$1,001,264
(4 years)
ID 61840
Yale University School of Medicine
New Haven, CT
Developing public health systems research through a series of agenda-setting meetings
$399,965
(18 months)
ID 61979
University of California, Los Angeles, School of Public Health
Los Angeles, CA
Building capacity through a health impact assessment clearinghouse learning and information center
$475,491
(3 years)
ID 58337
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, CA
Book on the U.S. Department of Justice's RICO case against the tobacco industry
$50,000
(4 months)
ID 63283
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids
Washington, DC
Educating key audiences about FDA regulation of tobacco products
$743,464
(1 year)
ID 60382
Columbia University School of Nursing
New York, NY
Expanding the ability of practitioners and scholars to assess law as a tool to improve public health
$394,304
(2 years)
ID 63386
Common Ground: Transforming Public Health Information Systems
To support collaborative processes among state and local public health departments to advance the use of information systems to support preparedness and chronic disease.
Other Program Activities
National Opinion Research Center
Chicago, IL
Evaluation of Common Ground
$989,058
(4 years)
ID 61352
Task Force for Child Survival and Development Inc.
Decatur, GA
Technical assistance and direction for Common Ground
$1,382,398
(1 year)
ID 60206
Communications Support for the Public Health Program Area
To manage strategic communications for the Foundation's Public Health program area to produce high-quality, consistent, timely products and messages that increase impact.
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids
Washington, DC
Public education and public health training activities in support of RWJF's Public Health program area
$2,200,000
(1 year)
ID 62547
Communications Project
Multiple Contractors
Evaluation of health department Web-based data query systems
$238,260
(15 months)
ID 60228
Developing interventional law/policy options for RWJF's Public Health program area
$500,000
(1 year)
ID 61519
Strategic communications for RWJF's Public Health program area
$2,600,000
(1 year)
ID 61847
Communications Project
Multiple Contractors
Consulting and meeting costs for RWJF's Public Health program area
$100,000
(18 months)
ID 62623
Community Health Councils Inc.
Los Angeles, CA
Developing a community scorecard to chronicle public health disparities in South Los Angeles
$400,000
(2 years)
ID 63342
Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists
Atlanta, GA
Creating the Robert Wood Johnson National Award for outstanding epidemiology practice in addressing racial and ethnic disparities
$28,000
(6 months)
ID 63117
Danya International, Inc.
Silver Spring, MD
2007 National Conference on Tobacco or Health
$150,000
(1 year)
ID 60261
Dental Health Foundation
Oakland, CA
Developing policies to address oral health issues in California schools
$199,832
(2 years)
ID 63341
Establishing a National Public Health Accrediting Organization
To establish a new, independent, nonprofit entity to govern the national accreditation system, including a public health accreditation board.
Program Sites
National Association of County and City Health Officials
Washington, DC
$985,035
(1 year)
ID 61340
University of Florida Center for Health Policy Research
Gainesville, FL
Meta-analysis of the literature on the effect of alcohol taxes/prices on drinking, morbidity and mortality
$199,866
(2 years)
ID 63372
George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services
Washington, DC
Planning for a public health information infrastructure for food safety
$70,710
(9 months)
ID 62276
Enhancing the roles of state and local government in an integrated prevention-oriented food safety system
$392,989
(18 months)
ID 63388
Grantmakers in Health
Washington, DC
Convening an Issue Dialogue, writing an issue brief on improving the public health system, and launching a public health working group of funders
$120,286
(3 years)
ID 62971
Harvard University School of Public Health
Boston, MA
Strengthening the Cross-national Initiative on Place, Migration and Health (CIPMH)
$49,997
(1 year)
ID 63088
Studying state policy approaches to foster uptake of the human papillomavirus vaccine
$283,550
(2 years)
ID 63384
Helping Young Smokers Quit: Identifying Best Practices for Tobacco Cessation
To evaluate and disseminate effective, developmentally appropriate cessation treatment programs for adolescents who smoke and try unsuccessfully to quit.
Program Sites
University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health
Chicago, IL
$1,240,783
(2 years)
ID 61337
InformationLinks: Connecting Public Health with Health Information Exchanges
To provide funds to state and local health departments to support and encourage their participation in regional health information networks.
Other Program Activities
Task Force for Child Survival and Development Inc.
Decatur, GA
Coordinating activities for InformationLinks
$248,564
(2 years)
ID 63250
Kansas Health Institute
Topeka, KS
Using technology to advance a regional approach to performance management for public health services
$106,924
(18 months)
ID 58936
Lead States in Public Health Quality Improvement
To create a peer network of innovator states with experience in designing and implementing a process for systematic assessment of local public health agency capacity and performance.
Other Program Activities
University of Southern Maine, Edmund S. Muskie School of Public Service
Portland, ME
Evaluation of Lead States in Public Health Quality Improvement
$232,938
(2 years)
ID 61654
University of Michigan School of Public Health
Ann Arbor, MI
Reviewing state public health communicable disease laws regarding isolation and quarantine
$371,376
(2 years)
ID 63374
Mississippi State Department of Health
Jackson, MS
Developing a public health financial database system to provide information for research, practice and education
$1,307
(3 years)
ID 58885
Montana-Wyoming Tribal Leaders Council
Billings, MT
Developing a model program for integrating tribal public health into the multijurisdictional public health system for infectious diseases
$200,000
(2 years)
ID 63343
National Association of County and City Health Officials
Washington, DC
Addressing the infrastructure needs of local health departments
$193,600
(4 months)
ID 59204
National Foundation for the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention Inc.
Atlanta, GA
Developing a program to improve cooperation among federal, state and local leaders when responding to natural and man-made disasters
$755,358
(6 months)
ID 61405
Developing a program to improve cooperation among federal, state and local leaders when responding to natural and man-made disasters
$399,826
(6 months)
ID 63251
New Mexico Community Foundation
Santa Fe, NM
Profiling model strategies and leadership for health and health care advocacy
$50,000
(1 year)
ID 60136
New York University College of Nursing
New York, NY
Study on the roles of city and state departments of public health during Hurricane Katrina
$64,127
(5 months)
ID 60257
Pesticide Action Network North America
San Francisco, CA
Studying the implementation of a new California public health law on biomonitoring of exposure to environmental toxicants
$200,000
(2 years)
ID 63378
Population Media Center, Inc.
Shelburne, VT
Conference on the importance to Americans of public health as the first line of defense against illness and to promote a healthier lifestyle
$50,000
(6 months)
ID 61074
Prevention Institute
Oakland, CA
Developing a health equity toolbox for health practitioners to advance public health advocacy to eliminate health disparities
$400,000
(2 years)
ID 63370
Public Health Advocacy Institute Inc.
Boston, MA
Research to improve the understanding of legal threats that challenge public health law interventions
$199,723
(17 months)
ID 63361
Public Health Informatics Fellows Training Program
To use fellowship training in public health informatics as a strategy to catalyze the development of the field and create a sustainable pipeline of future leaders in public health informatics.
Other Program Activities
Task Force for Child Survival and Development Inc.
Decatur, GA
Development of a peer network for RWJF's Public Health Informatics Fellows Training Program
$231,612
(25 months)
ID 61406
Public Health Institute
Oakland, CA
Institutionalizing the role of local public health departments in transportation, land use planning and redevelopment
$400,000
(2 years)
ID 63385
Public Health Law Association
Atlanta, GA
Building a consensus agenda on the use of law to protect and improve public health
$258,122
(1 year)
ID 59022
Public Health Systems Research
To help establish the field of public health systems research as a needed resource that will improve performance of governmental health agencies.
Program Sites
Emory University, Rollins School of Public Health
Atlanta, GA
Informing the design of funding allocation formulas in public health
$225,749
(2 years)
ID 63615
George Washington University
Washington, DC
Developing and applying a descriptive framework for analyzing food safety resources
$199,770
(18 months)
ID 63606
University of Massachusetts School of Public Health
Amherst, MA
Identifying how states can enhance their public health systems' ability to respond to problems and maximize their use of limited resources
$199,014
(20 months)
ID 63603
University of Michigan Health System
Ann Arbor, MI
Understanding the resource allocation decisions of public health officials in the United States
$208,902
(2 years)
ID 63604
National Opinion Research Center
Chicago, IL
Study of local public health capacities to address the needs of culturally and linguistically diverse populations
$199,824
(15 months)
ID 63602
University of Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, NE
Systematic study of Nebraska's regional public health agency model
$199,713
(2 years)
ID 63612
Rand Corporation
Santa Monica, CA
Dissemination of the results and tools from a learning collaborative for quality improvement in public health and pandemic influenza preparedness
$99,928
(14 months)
ID 62347
Research Foundation of State University of New York
Albany, NY
Why youth don't quit: finding answers to design effective smoking cessation programs
$176,780
(1 year)
ID 62174
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Practice-Based Research Network in Public Health
To develop practice-based research networks for public health to help stakeholders understand how public health systems research can be used to improve public health performance and impact.
Other Program Activities
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Little Rock, AR
Coordinating, developing and monitoring the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Practice-Based Research Network in Public Health
$314,744
(1 year)
ID 62097
County of San Bernardino Department of Public Health
San Bernardino, CA
Voices for Change, a social action campaign to restore the health and safety of residents of the Westside of San Bernardino County, Calif.
$299,093
(2 years)
ID 63353
Smoke-Free Families: Innovations to Stop Smoking During and Beyond Pregnancy
To reduce rates of smoking in families by supporting research to develop and evaluate effective new interventions to help women quit smoking before, during and after pregnancy.
Other Program Activities
Philadelphia Health and Education Corporation d/b/a Drexel College of Medicine
Philadelphia, PA
Technical assistance and direction for Smoke-Free Families
$222,000
(1 year)
ID 56339
Smoke-Free New Jersey
To leverage resources to ensure successful implementation of the New Jersey Smoke-Free Air Act.
Program Sites
GMMB Inc.
Washington, DC
Template implementation kit to support rollout of smoke-free air laws
$114,000
(8 months)
ID 60401
University of Southern Mississippi
Hattiesburg, MS
Developing a public health financial database system to provide information for research, practice and education
$670,044
(31 months)
ID 62024
State Health Leadership Initiative
To accelerate the development of leadership capacity of state health officers as policy-makers, administrators and advocates for the health of the public.
Program Sites
Association of State and Territorial Health Officials
Arlington, VA
$3,098,765
(3 years)
ID 57240
Substance Abuse Policy Research Program
To encourage experts in public health, law, political science, medicine, sociology, criminal justice, economics, psychology, and other behavioral and policy sciences to address issues of substance abuse.
Program Sites
University of California, Los Angeles, School of Medicine
Los Angeles, CA
Cigarette price sensitivity of smokers with comorbid alcohol, drug or mental disorders
$99,999
(1 year)
ID 61104
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, CA
Identifying the characteristics of community-based trials that may influence clinic staff to adopt research-tested substance abuse interventions
$83,692
(18 months)
ID 62706
Health Research Inc., Roswell Park Cancer Institute Division
Buffalo, NY
Analyzing the corrective statement ordered in the federal government's lawsuit against the cigarette industry
$98,523
(1 year)
ID 63113
University of Illinois at Chicago
Chicago, IL
Pilot study for a new method of measuring cigarette tax evasion in the United States
$48,209
(8 months)
ID 63559
Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
Oakbrook Terrace, IL
Study on smoke-free campus policies in U.S. hospitals
$98,143
(1 year)
ID 61567
Loyola University–Chicago
Chicago, IL
Pilot study for a new method of measuring cigarette tax evasion in the United States
$50,790
(1 year)
ID 61107
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine
Chapel Hill, NC
Tobacco-free policy adoption for local school districts in order to promote policy passage across North Carolina
$29,334
(5 months)
ID 61209
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Public Health
Chapel Hill, NC
Effectiveness of state and federal government agreements with major credit card and shipping companies to block Internet cigarette sales
$99,990
(1 year)
ID 61103
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
Effects of advertisement elements for a potential reduced tobacco exposure product on smokers' beliefs about its use and harmfulness
$100,000
(2 years)
ID 62622
Public Health Advocacy Institute Inc.
Boston, MA
Analysis of the U.S. Department of Justice's Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) lawsuit against the tobacco industry
$29,606
(6 months)
ID 61124
Research Foundation of State University of New York
Albany, NY
Individual- and policy-level influences on the use of various cessation strategies and abstinence from cigarettes among adult smokers
$96,986
(1 year)
ID 63263
University of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX
Effectiveness of cigarette taxation in deterring smoking from one pregnancy to the next
$17,720
(1 year)
ID 63115
Tobacco Law Center
St. Paul, MN
Legal and political obstacles to smoke-free regulations in metropolitan regions
$99,807
(18 months)
ID 61373
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
Madison, WI
Evaluating an innovative communications campaign designed to increase consumer demand for tobacco dependence treatment by Medicaid recipients
$99,316
(15 months)
ID 63261
Supporting Advocacy to Reduce Tobacco Use and Direct Tobacco-Related State Revenue to Health Priorities
To support state and local advocacy efforts and educate policy-makers and other key audiences in up to 15 states about the need for tobacco control and other public health measures.
Other Program Activities
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids
Washington, DC
Providing assistance to state tobacco prevention and public health policy projects
$1,500,000
(1 year)
ID 62020
Tobacco-Free Kids Action Fund
Washington, DC
Legal support for public health plaintiff intervenors in the appeal of the Department of Justice tobacco suit
$300,000
(1 year)
ID 60001
Tobacco Law Center
St. Paul, MN
Legal technical assistance to the tobacco control community
$1,056,448
(2 years)
ID 61100
Tobacco Policy Change: A Collaborative for Healthier Communities and States
To provide resources and technical assistance for community, regional and national organizations and tribal groups advocating for effective tobacco prevention and cessation policy initiatives.
Other Program Activities
Black Hills Center for American Indian Health
Rapid City, SD
Planning for RWJF's Tobacco Policy Change program in the Navajo Nation
$49,969
(6 months)
ID 63588
DuBois Institute for Entrepreneurship, Inc.
Dothan, AL
Planning for RWJF's Tobacco Policy Change program in Alabama
$50,000
(6 months)
ID 63591
Families Under Urban and Social Attack Inc.
Houston, TX
Planning for RWJF's Tobacco Policy Change program in Texas
$50,000
(6 months)
ID 63595
Georgia Public Interest Research Group Education Fund
Atlanta, GA
Planning for RWJF's Tobacco Policy Change program in Atlanta
$49,670
(6 months)
ID 63587
Indiana Rural Health Association
Bedford, IN
Planning for RWJF's Tobacco Policy Change program in Indiana
$50,000
(6 months)
ID 63596
University of Kentucky Research Foundation
Lexington, KY
Planning for RWJF's Tobacco Policy Change program in Northern Kentucky
$50,000
(6 months)
ID 63589
Le Penseur Youth and Family Services
Chicago, IL
Planning for RWJF's Tobacco Policy Change program in New Orleans
$50,000
(6 months)
ID 63590
University of Missouri–Columbia Medical School Foundation, Inc.
Columbia, MO
Planning for RWJF's Tobacco Policy Change program in campus-community alliances for smoke-free environments
$50,000
(6 months)
ID 63583
North Carolina Pediatric Society Foundation
Raleigh, NC
Planning for RWJF's Tobacco Policy Change program in North Carolina
$50,000
(6 months)
ID 63594
Program Sites
Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board
Portland, OR
Supporting tobacco control policy priorities among Northwestern tribes, including clean indoor air laws and higher taxes on cigarettes
$75,000
(1 year)
ID 59324
Other Program Activities
Ohio African American Communities for Optimum Health, Inc.
Columbus, OH
Planning for RWJF's Tobacco Policy Change program in Columbus, Ohio
$49,148
(6 months)
ID 63593
South Carolina African American Tobacco Control Network
Summerville, SC
Planning for RWJF's Tobacco Policy Change program in South Carolina
$50,000
(6 months)
ID 63586
Wellness Council of West Virginia
Institute, WV
Planning for RWJF's Tobacco Policy Change program in West Virginia
$50,000
(6 months)
ID 63585
American Nonsmokers' Rights Foundation
Berkeley, CA
Consulting and technical assistance for RWJF's Tobacco Policy Change program
$48,624
(3 months)
ID 63325
Communications Project
Multiple Contractors
Technical assistance for RWJF's Tobacco Policy Change program
$158,010
(1 year)
ID 52077
Freeman Consulting Group, Inc.
Roswell, GA
Consulting and technical assistance for RWJF's Tobacco Policy Change program
$210,975
(19 months)
ID 52076
Kathleen Jerome
Florence, MA
Consulting and technical assistance for RWJF's Tobacco Policy Change program
$202,405
(19 months)
ID 52070
Lori New Breast
Heart Butte, MT
Engaging Native American tribal governments in tobacco reduction policy development
$68,372
(8 months)
ID 61144
Onjewel M. Smith, M.A.
Madison, MS
Consulting services for RWJF's Tobacco Policy Change program
$29,788
(3 months)
ID 61145
Jerry Spegman
Portland, OR
Consulting and technical assistance for RWJF's Tobacco Policy Change program
$193,870
(19 months)
ID 52073
Theisen Consulting LLC
Atlanta, GA
Consulting engagement for RWJF's Tobacco Policy Change program
$100,650
(1 year)
ID 63678
University of Washington School of Nursing
Seattle, WA
Inventory of effective public health practices and structures to eliminate and reduce health disparities
$460,702
(2 years)
ID 61143
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
Madison, WI
Identifying effective catalysts for action toward community health improvement in underserved communities in Wisconsin
$199,995
(2 years)
ID 63369
Updating, testing and disseminating the 2008 tobacco treatment guideline
$100,000
(2 years)
ID 63443
Yellowstone City-County Health Department
Billings, MT
Using a health impact assessment as an advocacy tool to make Billings, Mont., a community that is healthy by design
$199,957
(2 years)
ID 63364