The Early Detection, Intervention and Prevention of Psychosis in Adolescents and Young Adults (EDIPPP) initiative has gathered evidence to show the value of engaging communities toward preventing severe mental illness in young people. Hear about one young woman's journey.
Jessica Donze Black, director of the Kids' Safe and Healthful Foods Project, talks about why students need healthy foods in schools.
Mary Story, director of Healthy Eating Research, and Tracy Fox, president of Food, Nutrition and Policy Consultants, discuss why we need healthier beverage standards.
The RWJF Roadmaps to Health Prize honors outstanding community partnerships that are helping people live healthier lives. These communities are creating a culture of health in their backyards. They were selected in 2013 from more than 160 applicants for their innovative strategies.
In 2006, Terry Huang, a researcher at the National Institutes of Health, proposed a new approach to combating childhood obesity: architecture. VMDO Architects, in collaboration with the University of Virginia and University of Nebraska, redesigned a 1950s-era elementary school in rural Virginia to encourage healthy eating and physical activity among all students.
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August 10, 2009 | Audio
RWJF President and CEO Risa Lavizzo-Mourey delivered the keynote address at the Strand Union Building at Montana State University on August 10, 2009.
June 30, 2009 | Story/Audio
Cincinnati's Diabetes Footprint Campaign
March 4, 2009 | Audio
Professor Sir Michael Marmot, chair of the World Health Organization Commission on Social Determinants of Health and director of the International Institute for Society and Health, University College London, was the first lecturer in a series sponsored by Martin Seligman.
October 1, 2008 | Issue Brief/Audio
This synthesis sheds light on the driving forces behind health care spending and examines the reasons why health care costs continue to rise.
August 19, 2008 | Audio
This paper calls for national organizations dedicated to performance measurement, best practices and provider incentives as a part of reform.
January 1, 2008 | Book/Audio
This report provides a blueprint for a national clinical effective assessment program.
November 29, 2007 | Audio
This paper explores four key areas where changes in federal and state law that will be necessary to implement health care reform.
November 1, 2007 | Audio
This paper explores four key areas where changes in federal and state law that will be necessary to implement health care reform.
October 18, 2007 | Audio
This paper shows that a substantial change in the U.S. approach to health care funding is central to any sustainable, comprehensive reform that focuses on improved quality.
March 1, 2007 | Audio
This paper calls for national organizations dedicated to performance measurement, best practices and provider incentives as a part of reform.