Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Health reform

Public health and prevention
Cost

Public Health and Prevention

Public health system

New Report Highlights Consequences of Health Department Funding Cuts (Video, Reports, Stories and articles)
12/03/2009
Poverty's High Cost to Health (Reports)
Kaplan GA, 09/01/2009
We Spend More on Health Care than Any Other Country (Slides)
06/25/2009

Childhood obesity

RWJF Statement Regarding First Lady's Announcement of a National Initiative on Childhood Obesity (News releases)
01/20/2010
Today's Food System: How Healthy Is It? (Journal articles)
Wallinga D, 12/15/2009
First-Grade Children Are Less Likely to be Obese if Parents Perceive Their Neighborhoods as Safe (Slides)
11/19/2009

Tobacco

Report Confirms Smoking Bans Prevent Heart Attacks (Stories and articles)
10/15/2009
Tobacco Regulation is a Step Toward Better Health (Speeches and commentaries, President's Corner)
Lavizzo-Mourey R, 07/05/2009
Deadly in Pink: New Report Warns Big Tobacco Has Stepped Up Targeting of Women and Girls (News releases)
02/19/2009

Other health factors

Race and ethnicitySee all (9)

Health Varies by Income and Across Racial or Ethnic Groups (Slides)
06/25/2009
Race and Socioeconomic Factors (Issue and policy briefs)
Braveman P, Egerter S, An J, Williams D, 04/20/2009
Conversation: Recommendations of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Commission to Build a Healthier America (Video)
04/02/2009

CommunitySee all (12)

Webinar: Creating Healthy Communities (Stories and articles)
07/29/2009
Recommendations: Healthy Communities (Slides)
06/25/2009
Conversation: Recommendations of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Commission to Build a Healthier America (Video)
04/02/2009

Early life experienceSee all (14)

Webinar: Starting Early on a Path Toward Good Health (Stories and articles)
07/15/2009
Improving the Health of All Americans By Focusing on the Early Years of Life (Fact sheets)
07/13/2009
Recommendations: Starting Early (Slides)
06/25/2009

EducationSee all (13)

Education Matters for Health (Issue and policy briefs)
Egerter S, Braveman P, Sadegh-Nobari T, Grossman-Kahn R, Dekker M, 09/09/2009
More Education, Longer Life (Slides)
06/25/2009
State Snapshot: District of Columbia (Slides)
06/25/2009

HousingSee all (9)

Improving the Health of All Americans Through Safe and Healthy Housing (Fact sheets)
07/13/2009
Conversation: Recommendations of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Commission to Build a Healthier America (Video)
04/02/2009
Recommendations for Improving the Nation's Health (Video)
04/02/2009

IncomeSee all (10)

Health Varies by Income and Across Racial or Ethnic Groups (Slides)
06/25/2009
Higher Income, Longer Life (Slides)
06/25/2009
Conversation: Recommendations of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Commission to Build a Healthier America (Video)
04/02/2009

WorkSee all (11)

Neighborhood Environments and Physical Activity Among Adults in 11 Countries (Journal articles)
Sallis JF, Bowles HR, Bauman A, Ainsworth BE, Bull FC, Craig CL, Sjostrom M, De Bourdeaudhuij I, Lefevre J, Matsudo V, Matsudo S, Macfarlane DJ, Gomez LF, Inoue S, Murase N, Volbekiene V, McLean G, Carr H, Heggebo LK, Tomten H, Bergman P, 06/30/2009
Conversation: Recommendations of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Commission to Build a Healthier America (Video)
04/02/2009
Recommendations for Improving the Nation's Health (Video)
04/02/2009

Prevention

Clinical preventionSee all (5)

Vote & Vax: Seizing an Opportunity for a Public Health Intervention (Grantee profiles)
10/24/2008
The Vote and Vax Program (Journal articles)
Shenson D, Adams M, 10/20/2008
Vote & Vax 2008 (Reports, Toolkits)
01/15/2008

Community preventionSee all (11)

Report Shows H1N1 Revealed Gaps in Nation's Emergency Health Preparedness Efforts (Video, Reports, News releases)
12/15/2009
New Report Highlights Consequences of Health Department Funding Cuts (Video, Reports, Stories and articles)
12/03/2009
Spotlight on Prevention (Spotlight)
07/16/2009

How prevention improves healthSee all (10)

New Report Highlights Consequences of Health Department Funding Cuts (Video, Reports, Stories and articles)
12/03/2009
Poverty's High Cost to Health (Reports)
Kaplan GA, 09/01/2009
Spotlight on Prevention (Spotlight)
07/16/2009

How prevention saves moneySee all (10)

A Closer Look at the Economic Arguments for Disease Prevention (Journal articles)
Woolf SH, 12/04/2009
Spotlight on Prevention (Spotlight)
07/16/2009
New Poll Finds Disease Prevention is Top Priority for Americans in Health Reform (News releases)
06/08/2009

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Seven out of 10 Americans Want More Funding to Prevent Disease

Nearly two-thirds rank prevention investments as important.

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