December 20, 2012
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Program Result Report
Active Living Research is an ongoing national program to identify environmental factors and policies that can substantially increase levels of physical activity and to provide policy-makers with evidence about how to create more activity-friendly communities.
December 18, 2012
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Program Result Report
Researchers assessed the impact of the Harvard Health Careers Summer Program on the careers of pre-medical and pre-dental minority students.
December 18, 2012
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Program Result Report
Researchers investigated existing state laws and policies that could help public health agencies win approval from the Public Health Accreditation Board.
December 18, 2012
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Program Result Report
The National Academy of Social Insurance assembled a panel of experts to develop model legislative language and issue briefs to help state policy-makers implement health insurance exchanges under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
December 14, 2012
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Program Result Report
Researchers analyzed state legislation on childhood obesity for factors that predict enactment and to understand the relationship between enacted policies and obesity rates. They developed tools to help others analyze legislation.
December 13, 2012
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Program Result Report
Faces & Voices of Recovery expanded the capacity of people in recovery to advocate for better understanding of addiction and recovery through a grassroots campaign, promoted access to treatment options, and informed coverage under health care reform.
December 13, 2012
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Program Result Report
Jobs to Careers was a seven-year initiative that explored new ways to help front-line health care workers gain the skills and credentials they need to advance their careers.
December 7, 2012
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Program Result Report
Developing Leadership in Reducing Substance Abuse was a program to develop a new cadre of substance abuse prevention, treatment and policy leaders who come from diverse professions, points of view and racial and ethnic backgrounds.
December 5, 2012
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Program Result Report
Prescription for Health developed innovative models to integrate counseling for tobacco use, unhealthy diet, physical inactivity, and excessive alcohol consumption into primary care. These models spread and became integrated into the national health care system after RWJF's funding ended.
December 3, 2012
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Program Result Report
The Campaign to End Obesity conducted a study to demonstrate that effective anti-obesity initiatives can significantly lower the epidemic's burden on the nation's health care system over the long term.