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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March 8, 2011 | Audio
The expansion of health insurance under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act has the potential to benefit persons with comorbid mental and medical disorders. This synthesis examines the evidence on physical and mental comorbidity including its prevalence, origins and models for effective treatment.
March 8, 2011 | Audio
Toolkit offers states a guide to designing health insurance exchanges.
February 15, 2011 | Story/Video
A Force Multiplier: Spreading Medical Knowledge, Expanding Health Care Capacity
February 14, 2011 | Video
Maximizing the Return on Recess
February 9, 2011 | Video
Finding Answers is a national program of the RWJF that supports research in racial and ethnic inequalities in health care. Program researchers scrutinize specific strategies aimed at improving care to see which are effective.
February 1, 2011 | Audio
Pilot program shows real promise in bringing families back from the brink of major crisis by reducing the cycle of homelessness and involvement with child welfare and other agencies.
January 31, 2011 | Video
Aligning Forces for Quality (AF4Q) believes real health care reform happens at the local level.
January 20, 2011 | Audio
Investing in Reclaiming Futures: A Promising Model for Cost-Effective Juvenile Justice Reform
January 5, 2011 | Video
Videos Highlight Local Reform Efforts in AF4Q Communities
January 1, 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.