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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September 28, 2011 | Audio
The Intersection of Community Development and Health
September 27, 2011 | Audio
As a result of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, more than 30 million people are expected to be newly insured, many of whom will be seeking a source for primary care.
September 14, 2011 | News Release/Video
The goal of PHAB’s accreditation program, is to protect and improve Americas’ health by advancing the quality and performance of all of the nation’s public health departments.
September 1, 2011 | Audio
Pre-retirees may underestimate health, financial challenges of retirement, poll from NPR, RWJF and Harvard School of Public Health shows.
August 23, 2011 | Video
RWJF will reverse the rise in childhood obesity by the Year 2015.
August 19, 2011 | Video
This short infographic video explains what health insurance exchanges are as a part of health reform.
August 8, 2011 | Video/Story
Aligning Forces for Quality takes root in Humboldt County, Calif.
July 29, 2011 | Video/Story
The Interrupters follows this RWJF-supported program and its work in Chicago neighborhoods.
July 14, 2011 | Video
Publicly reporting information on the quality of care that doctors and hospitals provide serves important purposes.
July 1, 2011 | Annual Report/Video
In her 2011 President's Message, Risa Lavizzo-Mourey looks at forces affecting RWJF's work and describes some of the extraordinary members of the RWJF family who are leading a quiet revolution.