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| Nov 5, 2009 |
Health Insurers Pursue Growth Potential of Individual Market
Insurers are pursuing strategies to tap the growth potential of the individual health insurance market, including entering less-regulated markets and developing lower-cost, less-comprehensive products targeting younger, healthy consumers, according to a study released... |
| Nov 4, 2009 |
Nine Leading Research Teams Selected to Study How Digital Games Improve Players' Health
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) today announced more than $1.85 million in grants for research that will offer unprecedented insight into how digital games can improve players’ health behaviors and outcomes. With funding from RWJF’s Health... |
| Oct 29, 2009 |
National Summit on Workable Solutions to Long Term Care Challenges
Webcast: Ed Howard moderates a discussion about the issues facing older adults and how community partnerships are working to identify, prioritize, and implement workable solutions to long term care problems. |
| Oct 28, 2009 |
Special Issue of Medical Journal Explores
Latino Health and Health Care
New facts uncovered to advance health care systems and policy for U.S. Latinos. |
| Oct 28, 2009 |
Study Shows Overwhelming Parent Support for Healthier Schools
Survey for the Alliance for a Healthier Generation finds most parents willing to help schools improve food offerings and increase physical activity. |
| Oct 26, 2009 |
Friends of the Children Founder Wins Purpose Prize
Duncan Campbell, founder of Friends of the Children and RWJF grantee, was awarded a 2009 Purpose Prize, which honors social entrepreneurs over 60 who are using their experience and passion to take on society's biggest challenges. |
| Oct 26, 2009 |
Nearly $3.7 Million in Federal Funds Awarded to Expand Reclaiming Futures to Help Turn Teen Lives Around
New funds use Reclaiming Futures model to strengthen juvenile drug courts. |
| Oct 26, 2009 |
Kids Spoon-Fed Marketing and Advertising for Least Healthy Breakfast Cereals
Researchers release cereal rankings based on nutrition and marketing exposure. |
| Oct 26, 2009 |
Hospitals That Care for Poor Patients Face Digital Divide Without Federal Help
Hospitals that serve a disproportionately large share of poor patients are lagging behind other hospitals in adopting electronic health records, leading to a digital divide that could exacerbate health care disparities, researchers report. |
| Oct 22, 2009 |
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Announces 15 New Nurse Faculty Scholars
Prestigious program aims to advance careers of nation's most promising junior nurse faculty, address nursing faculty shortage. |