The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is working to build a Culture of Health.
Since 1972, RWJF has supported research and programs to uncover the many factors that impact health, and enable people and communities to be as healthy as possible. Working alongside public health leaders, entrepreneurs, research scientists, policymakers and community leaders, the Foundation is committed to ensuring that everyone has a fair and just opportunity to achieve better health where we live, learn, work and play.
Data systems that only document racial health disparities without measuring the inequities and racism that fuels them contribute to the problem. This failure results in a society such as ours where health disparities are often perceived as biological or behavioral rather than structural. It's a system that stigmatizes. RWJF president and CEO Richard Besser explains that properly measuring and understanding racism, and investing in the public health infrastructure to collect, aggregate and analyze data, are essential steps toward ensuring every person in the United States has a fair and just opportunity to live a healthier life. —Explore RWJF Data Commission's blueprint for change.
Avenel Joseph, RWJF vice president for Policy, and Megan Lott, deputy director of Healthy Eating Research, lay out a roadmap for ending obesity and food insecurity that starts with the principle of nutrition security—everybody deserves access to affordable, healthy foods—while also focusing on broader social and economic factors that determine whether families can provide nutritious foods consistently to their children.
RWJF released survey results of adults across the nation that helps illuminate consumers’ experiences with healthcare costs, perceptions of who is to blame, appetite for change, and views on a range of potential policy reforms.
Melissa Blair
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The staggering toll of complications related to pregnancy and childbirth —STAT
Survey: Majority of Medicaid managed care plans offered health equity benefits in 2020 —Fierce Healthcare