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Acknowledgments The editors of this year's issue of the Anthology extend their thanks to the many people whose efforts contributed to publication of this book. Published In: To Improve Health and Health Care | Book chapters, RWJF Anthology | 11/19/2009 |
The Heart of Power: Health and Politics in the Oval Office A new book by co-investigators David Blumenthal, M.D., M.P.P., national coordinator for health information technology, and James Morone, Ph.D., a professor of political science at Brown University, has just been published. | Books | 07/28/2009 |
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Policy Series The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Series on Health Policy looks beyond the Foundation by offering an in-depth exploration of the fields in which the Foundation has made substantial investments over the years, and provides some interesting highlights from... Published In: The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Series on Health Policy | Books | 05/21/2009 |
National Programs: Understanding The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Approach to Grantmaking In this chapter of the Anthology, Robert G. Hughes, the chief learning officer at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, examines the historical roots of the national program model. Published In: To Improve Health and Health Care | Book chapters, RWJF Anthology | 05/01/2009 |
Disparities in Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviors Among US Children and Adolescents Contrary to previous studies, the level of physical activity among kids varies more by age and gender than by ethnicity or socioeconomic status, according to a survey that reviewed previous literature and relied on accelerometer data of activity levels rather than... Published In: Journal of Public Health Policy (Supplement) | Book chapters | 04/07/2009 |
Community Tracking Study, Community Reports As part of the Community Tracking Study (CTS), the Center for Studying Health System Change studies how local health systems are changing through site visits to 12 randomly selected U.S. communities. Published In: Community Reports | Reports, Books | 03/27/2009 |
Can We Achieve Evidence-Based Policy and Practice on Active Travel? In this commentary prepared for the 2008 Active Living Research Conference, Philip Insall of Sustrans, a UK nonprofit organization, shares his insights into how research can be used to shape policies that encourage people to travel on foot or by bicycle. Published In: Journal of Public Health Policy (Supplement) | Book chapters | 03/25/2009 |
Preventing Childhood Obesity through State Policy State legislators and staffers identify key positive and negative factors in the political process to passing state laws in this interview-based study. Published In: Journal of Public Health Policy (Supplement) | Book chapters | 03/25/2009 |
Effect of Innovative Building Design on Physical Activity Programming office building elevators to stop only on every third floor, so that stairs become the only access to certain floors for nondisabled employees, can push employees to use stairs more and thus get more physical activity, as it did in the California... Published In: Journal of Public Health Policy (Supplement) | Book chapters | 03/25/2009 |
Bicycling for Transportation and Health Cycling for transportation in a "bike-friendly" community that provides safe, convenient routes can meet the recommendation for daily adult physical activity, according to this study in a supplement to the Journal of Public Health Policy regarding the 2008... Published In: Journal of Public Health Policy (Supplement) | Book chapters | 03/25/2009 |