An RWJF Community Health Leader Remembers Her Award - One Year Later
October 17, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
Chrysanne Grund reflects on her experience in the year since she was named an RWJF Community Health Leader.
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Highest Rates of Adult Obesity
July 29, 2009 | Story
Mississippi has the highest rate of adult obesity in the country at 32.5 percent.
Special Report: Exploring Accreditation of Public Health Departments
May 18, 2010 | Program Result
Developing an accreditation system to encourage public health departments to measure their performance against national standards.
CDC's Capacity Inventory for Emergency Preparedness Worked Relatively Well in Three States
November 17, 2008 | Program Result
The National Network of Public Health Institutes compared how states assessed local emergency preparedness using a common assessment tool, the CDC's Public Health Preparedness and Response Capacity Inventory.
It Takes a Community to Solve a Health Problem
January 1, 2003 | Program Result
From 1993 to 2001, George Washington University Medical Center, Washington, developed and implemented Community Health in Focus, a program designed to use the convening role of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) to stimulate action on health care issues identified by local communities.
Turning Point: Collaborating for a New Century in Public Health
May 13, 2008 | Program Result
Turning Point: Collaborating for a New Century in Public Health defined its mission as to "transform and strengthen the public health system in the United States to make the system more effective, more community-based and more collaborative."
Quality Improvement Strategies for Public Health Agencies to be Explored in 10 States
January 7, 2007 | News Release
The Multistate Learning Collaborative is expected to identify tools that can be used by health departments in preparation for accreditation.