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Bundled Payments
June 1, 2012 | Commentary
Issue brief examines ongoing bundled health care payment initiatives.
Can Optimism Decrease the Risk of Illness and Disease Among the Elderly?
February 1, 2012 | Commentary
Even if optimism proves not to be a strong cause of good health, freedom from disease and longevity are not the only goals of life. Quality of life matters in addition to quantity of life, and it is clear from research that optimism enhances one's quality of life across the lifespan with little cost and minimal side effects.
Can We Achieve Evidence-Based Policy and Practice on Active Travel?
January 1, 2009 | Commentary
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.
Challenging Our Comfort Levels
February 1, 2009 | Commentary
In 1999, when the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation decided to invest heavily in prevention and population health, the seeds of the Active Living Research (ALR) program were sowed. The ALR has served as a model of public health research, through engagement on multiple policy and research levels, and in its commitment to producing research findings that will shape policies.
Changing the Norms of Medicine and Health
March 4, 2010 | Commentary
Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, M.D., M.B.A., delivered the 2010 Alvin F. Poussaint, M.D., Visiting Lecture at Harvard Medical School.
City's Network of Clinics a Model for National Health Reform
September 22, 2010 | Commentary
Federal officials and national news media turn attention to new community health clinics championed by RWJF Generalist Physician Faculty Scholar Karen DeSalvo.
Collaborating Where Health Happens
March 9, 2009 | Commentary
This article, written by Senior Program Officer Jane Isaacs Lowe, appeared as "Views from the Field" in the March 9, 2009 GIH Bulletin and focuses on where health starts.
Commentary by Dana Goldman
August 19, 2008 | Commentary
This paper suggests that major health reform must address poor quality amid rampant expense, with greater reliance on technology assessment and cost effectiveness.
Commentary on Active Living
February 1, 2009 | Commentary
This commentary highlights the need for a shift in health promotion research, from identifying priorities to implementing them. Pekka Puska, M.D., Ph.D., argues that health researchers must drive social change by implementing theory-based policies to diffuse health innovations.
Commentary: Smoke-free Philly: It's a Good Start
January 11, 2007 | Commentary/Story
Philadelphia is finally getting a breath of fresh air. However, in a guest column in The Philadelphia Inquirer, RWJF President and CEO Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, M.D., M.B.A., says much more needs to be done to reduce tobacco's toll in the city and throughout Pennsylvania.