Advances July 2008

• Report: Investing in Disease Prevention Could Save America More than $16 Billion in Five Years
• Using Quality Improvement Methods to Improve Public Health Emergency Preparedness
• Connecting Policy Needs to the Priorities of Researchers
• U.S. Secondary Schools Serving Up Unhealthy Foods
• The Power of Personal Health Records
• A 36-Hospital Time and Motion Study
• Comprehensive Report on Financing Health Reform
• Helping Teens Caught in the Cycle of Drugs, Alcohol and Crime

Advances June 2008

• RWJF Announces $300-Million Commitment to Dramatically Improve Quality of U.S. Health Care
• RWJF Commission to Build a Healthier America Holds First Public Hearing in North Carolina
• Green Houses Growing in Numbers Across the States
• EHR Adoption Slow, But Medicine May be at a Tipping Point
• Discovering How Video Games Can Motivate Healthy Behaviors: More Than $2 Million Awarded to 12 Research Teams
• BALANCE Report Summarizes State Action on Obesity in 2007
• Young and Uninsured: Health Insurance Gaps for Young Adults

Advances May 2008

• Playing Games to Improve Health at the 2008 Games for Health Conference
• Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Commission to Hold First Field Hearing in North Carolina
• Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Childhood Obesity Update from Risa Lavizzo-Mourey
• Washington Post Launches "Young Lives at Risk"
• Smoking is Addictive, But Quitting is Contagious
• New Evidence Provides Clinicians With Better Tools to Help Smokers Quit
• Igniting Health Care Payment Reform
• Report Finds Food Safety System in Crisis
• CeaseFire: A Successful Model for Reducing Violence Among Young People

Advances April 2008

• Study Released During Cover the Uninsured Week Reveals Cost of Insurance Far Outpaces Income
• Chronically Ill Patients Get More Care, Less Quality, Says Latest Dartmouth Atlas
• Projects on Human Papillomavirus (HPV) and Autism Take Top Honors in National Science Competition
• New Report Finds Midwestern States Receive Least Federal Support for Public Health
• Public Health Workforce Shortages Imperil Nation's Health
• New Foundation-Supported Campaign To Help Smokers Quit
• Playing Interactive Games to Improve Health
• Safe Routes to School National Partnership Issues Annual Progress Report

Advances March 2008

• RWJF-Sponsored Issue of Health Affairs Focuses on Disparities
• Winners Announced in Global Competition to Get Kids Moving
• Sports4Kids Named Top "Changemaker" by Nike, Ashoka
• Working to Transform the Lives of a Generation of Young Men
• Seventeen Grants Awarded to Measure Health Care Equity and Patient-Centered Care
• Bridging the Gap Researchers Examine Local Agency Involvement in Drug Policy and Prevention Efforts
• A Reflection on Philanthropic Leadership

Advances February 2008

• RWJF Launches Commission to Look Beyond Medical Care System to Improve the Health of All Americans
• How Big Tobacco Recruits Kids and Discourages Quitting
• Health Coverage Tax Credits: A Small Program Offering Large Policy Lessons
• Toolkit Provides Hospitals, Health Plans and Others Guidance for Collecting Patient Data
• The Building Blocks of Personal Health Records
• New Multimillion-Dollar Grant Initiative for Building Healthy Teen Relationships
• Foundations to Strengthen State Health Care Reform Advocacy
• New Grantees to Advance Public Health Practice and Policy Solutions
• IOM Accepting Nominations for the Lienhard Award

Advances January 2008

• RWJF Program to Support the Next Generation of Academic Nurse Leaders
• RWJF-Supported Study Details Children's Easy Access to Unhealthy Foods
• NewsHour Reports on the Green House Project
• Ready or Not? Interactive Chart Shows How Well States are Prepared for Emergencies
• RWJF President and CEO Risa Lavizzo-Mourey Comments on IOM's Road Map for the Nation's Health Care
• Foundation Awards Six Investigator-Initiated Research Grants in Public Health Systems Research
• Regina Benjamin, Juliet García and Eugene Washington Join RWJF Board of Trustees